PHOENIX — A woman is dead and a girl is hurt after a shooting at a Burger King in south Phoenix Wednesday night.
Phoenix police say it happened near 19th Avenue and Buckeye Road.
One woman, 25-year-old Maria Ledesma Ramirez, died at the scene and the girl was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The girl remains at the hospital in stable condition.
Police say both women were employees at the fast food restaurant. The suspect, 29-year-old Gerardo Vazquez Alvarez, was the ex-boyfriend of Ledesma Ramirez.
He was later taken into custody south of the Phoenix area.
Vazquez Alvarez will be facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder and attempted murder.
