PHOENIX — Phoenix police are seeking the public's help after a man was found dead inside a west Phoenix apartment Saturday evening.
Officers were called to the area along Glendale Avenue just east of 35th Avenue around 5:15 p.m. for a shots fired call.
When police arrived, they found a man inside an apartment suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
The man, who police have identified as 20-year-old Kendre Pride, was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to former coaches of Pride, they told ABC15 he was a standout athlete in both football and basketball. He attended Carl Hayden High for three years but left an everlasting impression on his coaches, mentors and his community.
“It’s one of those things you can't even imagine happening to a kid like that,” said Darius Poole, who coached Pride.
Poole and Rodney Brown both coached Pride in basketball as a young boy, and knew him for half of his life. They watched him grow into a young man and talked with him just days before he passed.
“Everybody he had a relationship with, they enjoyed him. Nobody had nothing negative to say about Kendre,” Brown said.
Phoenix Police told ABC15 on Thursday that no one has been arrested yet and the shooting remains under investigation.
“You took somebody that I, that we all loved. That was a big part of our community. That had a bright future. He didn't deserve any of the things that happened to him. At the end of the day, let's hope we find who did this,” Brown said.
If you have any information related to this shooting, you are asked to call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO for Spanish-speaking. You can also provide a tip anonymously online at the Silent Witness website.
The family has also set up a GoFundMe that can be found here.
