PHOENIX — Police have identified two people who were shot and killed at a home near 7th Street and Southern Avenue on Sunday evening.
Officers were first called to the home around 7:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found two males with gunshot wounds near a vehicle.
One of the males, 24-year-old Jovanni Burciaga, died at the scene. Sixteen-year-old Mario Banegas died at a hospital. A third man reportedly showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound, but he is expected to survive.
Investigators say Burciaga and Banegas drove to a home in the area and gunfire was exchanged during an attempted robbery and kidnapping. Burciaga and Banegas were killed while the victim was struck in the leg.
On January 10, court documents revealed a third suspect, Tommy Banegas, allegedly conspired with the two males killed to commit armed robbery, burglary and kidnapping.
Banegas, who is reportedly related to Mario Banegas, is facing multiple charges for conspiracy to commit armed robbery, burglary, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Banegas and Burciaga while in the commission of the previous crimes.
