PHOENIX — Phoenix police have made an arrest in connection to a shooting that left a man dead in west Phoenix early Friday morning.
Officials say 21-year-old Eduardo Flores Alvarez was involved in an armed robbery that ended in a shoot-out with the victim dead.
Reports say Alvarez was shot in the leg during the shootout and then left by his accomplices in south Phoenix.
Phoenix police say the shootout happened around 4 a.m. near 83rd Avenue and McDowell Road.
When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim has been identified by police as 30-year-old Cesar Hernandez.
Alvarez was booked into jail on multiple counts including murder.
