PHOENIX — A man was killed and another man was taken into custody after a shooting early Saturday morning, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
Just after midnight, officers responded to multiple calls of a shooting in the area of 19th Avenue and Maryland as well as a vehicle that crashed.
When officers arrived, they found a man with a fatal gunshot wound inside of a vehicle. The victim was identified as 58-year-old John David Lee.
Police said they spoke with witnesses and determined the suspected shooter fled into an apartment nearby.
Soon after, officers found the suspect – identified as 41-year-old Sherman Murphy -- and arrested him.
According to police, Murphy was booked into jail on one count of second-degree homicide.
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