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Suspect at large after deadly shooting in Phoenix

Posted at 3:30 PM, Jun 05, 2018
and last updated 2018-06-05 23:53:32-04

Police say a suspect is at large after a man was found shot and killed in Phoenix on Tuesday morning. 

According to Phoenix police, just before 11:30 a.m., officers responded to an apartment near 22nd Avenue and Indian School Road for a report of shots fired. 

As officers arrived, they located 30-year-old Disean Russell with an apparent gunshot injury. 

Fire personnel responded and pronounced Russell dead at the scene.

Witnesses told authorities the suspect, an African-American man in his early thirties, was seen getting into a dark-colored four-door sedan with tinted windows and leaving the scene. 

The suspect is described as having medium-dark complexion, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. 

He was last seen wearing a light colored shirt and light colored shorts. 

If you have any information on this crime, you're asked to call Phoenix police or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.