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Aug. 4, 2016

Police hunting a serial killer in Phoenix, Arizona, thought his string of crimes had ended in mid-June when he ambushed and fatally shot two women and a 12-year-old girl in their driveway.

But investigators announced Wednesday that they have added a ninth shooting to the pattern — a July 11 incident in which the gunman fired at a man and a 4-year-old boy sitting in a car. Neither was injured.

The new incident means that the shooter tried to kill again even after police had put the city on alert.

"The threat is still alive," Phoenix Police Sgt. Jonathan Howard said on Friday.

"We don't want to see anybody else get hurt. We want to make an arrest and stop this," he added. "We're fortunate in this new incident that nobody was injured."

But, he added, "if there can be a benefit to something like this, it's that we did obtain additional evidence."

Based on witness statements, detectives now believe the suspect has access to several cars — one appears to be a white Cadillac or Lincoln, and the other is a late '90s or early 2000s 5 series BMW.

Howard said investigators have looked into whether the gunman works as a mechanic or on a used car lot. The motive for the shootings remains as elusive as his name.

Although police have added several shootings to the pattern since it was originally announced, Howard said they are "pretty confident" they now have uncovered all the reported incidents.

In each case, the victims were attacked near their car or home, in the evening or very early morning hours, in the working-class Maryvale section of Phoenix.

Law-enforcement sources say there is physical evidence tying the shootings together.

The earlier shootings include:

A 16-year-old boy wounded while walking in the street at 11:30 p.m. on March 17
A 21-year-old male shot standing near his car on the street at 11:30 p.m. on March 18
Diego Verdugo-Sanchez, 21, killed April 1 while visiting his pregnant fiancée's family
Krystal Annette White, 55, found dead of a gunshot on April 19
Horacio Pena, 32, fatally shot June 3 after returning home from his job at a group home
Manuel Castro Garcia, 19, murdered outside his home on June 10
Stefanie Ellis, 33, her 12-year-old daughter Maleah and friend Angela Linner, 31, killed outside their home on June 12
An unoccupied car shot up at 2:35 a.m. on June 12.

Gross Dude posted:

You have to kill a phoenix so many times before it dies forever, anyone who manages to slay one would be a serial killer, OP.

thunderchief posted:

how do they know it's the same dude

cuck cuck im gay posted:

99% sure he is related to one of the victims, and he is just killing all the other ones to make it look like there's a random shooter out there making it harder to tie him to the people that he killed.

i like that posted:

Serial killers have an M.O. His is pretty lame: shooting random people who are standing outside of their homes, or sitting in their cars at night
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satanic splash-back posted:

why are you doing this??

cuck cuck im gay posted:

99% sure he is related to one of the victims, and he is just killing all the other ones to make it look like there's a random shooter out there making it harder to tie him to the people that he killed.

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CNN said police can not find any link among the victims of the man, who uses a semi-automatic handgun to commit the crimes.

The victims are Diego Verdugo-Sanchez, Krystal Annette White, Horacio de Jesus Pena, Manuel Castro Garcia, Maleah Ellis, Angela Linner, and Stefanie Ellis...

A Go Fund Me site for Maleah Ellis’ family says, “although only at the tender age of 12, she was able to touch the lives of so many with her contagious smile, cheerful personality and unique ‘Maleah’ attitude.”

The killer appears to be targeting Hispanic and African-American victims, but they range in age from 12 to 55, says CBS 5 in Arizona. The first victim, a 16-year-old boy, was shot on March 17 but survived, said KTVK.

The victims were shot between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m.

Vastarien posted:

So is this guy only shooting black and Latino people? Are we sure that it's not just... the POLICE.

Vastarien posted:

So is this guy only shooting black and Latino people? Are we sure that it's not just... the POLICE.

i like that posted:

Johnny Aztec posted:

What is a "Maleah" attitude?


also how the gently caress are you supposed to say that

Refractory Colon posted:

why does anyone live in phoenix?

I mean really

Truck Stop Stall posted:

old fashioned technique. instead of the 10/10 but over in an hour shooting spree and suicide he's going for the 7/10 but prolonged serial killing. he must be fiscally responsible.

Wickerman posted:

Everyone talks poo poo about dry heat vs humid heat and let me tell you. I go to Phoenix every summer and I would take a humid 90 over 107 at 9pm anyday.

Y-Hat posted:

i take it that you've never been on an NYC subway platform in the summer. if hell is real it would feel like that all the time