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Mother and teen dead after shooting in north Phoenix Wednesday

PD: Suspect seen fleeing deadly shooting scene in Phoenix
Posted at 2:01 PM, Dec 15, 2022
and last updated 2022-12-16 15:50:58-05

PHOENIX — Phoenix police are investigating a shooting that left a teenager and his mother dead.

On Wednesday morning, police were called to an apartment near 23rd Avenue and Rose Garden Lane, south of Deer Valley Road, for reports of a shooting.

When officers arrived they located a teenage male with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as 17-year-old Gunther Saline.

A woman was also located at the scene with a gunshot wound. She was taken to a hospital where she later died, according to Phoenix police. She has been identified as 37-year-old Christina Marie Watson, the mother of Saline.

Police are still investigating what led up to the shooting and say they do not believe there to be any other suspects.

An investigation remains underway.