ARIZONA — Phoenix police have announced the arrest of the suspected ‘serial street shooter.’
The Maryvale serial shooter is allegedly 23-year-old Aaron Saucedo—-a previously disclosed person-of-interest.
Police say Saucedo has been linked to nine separate shootings resulting in seven deaths and two injuries across Phoenix, Arizona in 2016, mainly in the Maryvale neighborhood.
The first shooting occurred on March 17 near 1100 E. Moreland St. A 16-year-old boy was shot and wounded while walking down the street at about 11:30 p.m.
On March 18 at 11:30 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot and wounded while standing outside his vehicle at 4300 N. 73rd Ave.
On April 1, 21-year-old Diego Verdugo-Sanchez was shot and killed at around 9:00 p.m. while visiting his pregnant fiancée and her family.
On the early morning of April 19, 55-year-old Krystal Annette White was found shot to death at 500 N. 32nd St.
On June 1 at 9:50 p.m., 32-year-old Horacio Pena was shot to death outside his house at 6700 W. Flower St. after returning home from work.
On June 10 at 9:30 p.m., 19-year-old Manuel Castro Garcia was killed outside his house. A police officer nearby heard the gunshots and rushed to the scene, but the killer had already fled.
On June 12 at 2:35 a.m., the shooter opened fire on an unoccupied vehicle at 6200 W. Mariposa Drive. Approximately half an hour later, the shooter killed 33-year-old Stefanie Ellis and her 12-year-old daughter Maleah outside their home. Their 31-year-old friend Angela Linner was also shot; she initially survived, but died from her wounds three weeks later.
On July 11, the shooter opened fire on a car occupied by a 21-year-old man and a four-year-old boy, but neither was injured.
