PHOENIX — A man is dead after being shot at a gas station in north Phoenix on Thursday night.
Phoenix police say they were called to the QuikTrip near Cave Creek Road and Greenway Parkway just after 8:15 p.m. for a reported shooting.
When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital where he later died.
Police have identified him as 27-year-old Emmett Henry Yazzie Jr.
On Saturday, police announced that 24-year-old Mario Esparza was located and taken into custody.
The shooting remains under investigation.
This is the third shooting in this area of north Phoenix in the last 24 hours.
Around 10 p.m. Wednesday, three juveniles were shot near 28th Street and Greenway Road. No suspect has been located in connection with this shooting.
Less than five hours later, Phoenix police were involved in a shooting that left a man dead near 32nd Street and Bell Road.
All three shooting locations are less than a mile apart.
Phoenix police have not connected any of the shootings.
