PHOENIX — A 16-year-old boy has been taken into custody in connection with a deadly shooting near downtown Phoenix last month.
Phoenix police said Wednesday that a juvenile was taken into custody after a shooting that took place near 7th Street and Buckeye Road shortly before 11 p.m. on Aug. 21, 2025.
Video in the player above shows ABC15's breaking news coverage of the shooting.
Police say the victim of the shooting, 45-year-old Porfirio Medina, was found at the scene with at least one gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital where he later died.
Sources confirm to ABC15 that the 16-year-old taken into custody was the individual police were serving a search warrant for when a police-involved shooting occurred at an apartment complex Tuesday.
What led to the shooting was not immediately known, and the investigation is ongoing.
