

Both victims were uninjured.Įstablishing a motive for the serial shooter has proven a difficult task for Phoenix police, since he appears to choose his victims at random. Despite the circumstances, the victim managed to get a good look at the shooter and his vehicle. Their vehicle was struck by two bullets, one on the driver’s side and one on the passenger’s side.

A man in a black BMW sedan opened fire on them at point blank range using a handgun. The July 11th incident took place when the unidentified man and his 4-year-old nephew were at a stop sign after leaving a nearby laundromat. A separate report from CNN indicated that the man may also have a lanky build. The victim described the suspect as a light-skinned latino man, in his early twenties. Phoenix Police have confirmed that the composite sketch of the “serial street shooter” matches that of the description given to them by the 22-year-old man who survived the July 11th attack. How do they know what the shooter looks like? Both of these victims escaped the incident uninjured, but the next day, Phoenix police announced to the public that they were on the hunt for a serial killer. The latest Serial Street Shooter attack came on July 11th, when the shooter attempted to kill a 22-year-old man, and his toddler nephew, who is just 4-years-old. It was around this time that Phoenix Police began to believe they had a serial killer on their hands. he shot into an empty car, and less than 30 minutes later, took the lives of Angela Linner, 31, Stefanie Ellis, 33, and Ellis’s young daughter Maleah, who was just 12-years-old when she died. Just one week later, Manuel Castro Garcia, 19, became the fourth victim. His next victim was 32-year-old Horacio De Jesus Pena, who was shot and killed on June 3rd. It would be nearly three weeks before he would strike again, but when he did, he shot and fatally wounded Krystal Annette White, 55, on the street. Then, on April 1st, the shooter murdered his first victim, 21-year-old Diego Verdugo Sanchez, outside of his home. (The names of surviving victims haven’t been released.) The next night, a 21-year-old male was also wounded while standing outside of his car, but also survived. On March 17th, the Serial Street Shooter struck his first victim, a 16-year-old man who was walking down the street around 11:30 at night, but he survived. Here, everything you need to know about the Serial Street Shooter, and the ongoing investigation. It is now city officials’ top priority to bring the shooter to justice. Since the Serial Street Shooter’s first attack, Phoenix Police have linked him to nine attacks in all, resulting in the murder of seven civilians. These murderers were collectively responsible for the deaths of 11 citizens. This sadly, has become an all too familiar feeling for the people of Phoenix, who from August 2005 to June 2006 were terrorized by two serial killers – The Serial Shooter and The Baseline Killer – simultaneously. The Private Lives of Liza Minnelli (The Rainbow Ends Here) The killer, dubbed the “Serial Street Shooter” by local police, has attacked unassuming citizens at random, beginning on March 17th, 2016, when he shot a publicly unidentified 16-year-old man, who survived. There is unease amongst residents of Phoenix, Arizona and its suburbs, who have spent the past six months fearing for their lives after a serial killer has made the city and its surrounding area his target zone. According to the A.P., Saucedo’s public defender was not able to be reached for comment.

Saucedo was arrested last month in connection with the shooting death of Raul Romero, who had a relationship with Saucedo’s mother, though according to police, he does not have a connection to the other eight victims. Aaron Juan Saucedo, 23, a former bus driver, was charged with 26 counts of homicide, aggravated assault and drive-by shooting in connection with 12 incidents that occurred between August 2015 and last July. UPDATE: Phoenix police announced Monday that they have arrested a suspect in the case, according to the Associated Press.
