PHOENIX — Phoenix police officials say three adults and a child are dead after two separate shootings on Monday.
Just after 11 a.m., Phoenix police officers were called to the area of 27th Avenue and Deer Valley Road for reports of shots fired. When they arrived, they located a man and woman with gunshot wounds at a business.
The man died at the scene while the woman was taken to a hospital where she later died.
Witnesses told detectives they saw a man in a vehicle arrive at the business and then leave the scene, according to Phoenix police.
During an investigation, detectives were able to track the suspect to a home near 22nd Avenue and Utopia Road.
When officers entered the home, they found a man, believed to be the suspect in the first shooting, and a child both dead from gunshot wounds, according to police. A dog had also been shot and killed at the home.
Authorities say the woman who was shot and killed and the suspect were married, and the child was theirs.
Police have not said what the relationship is between the man killed at the first scene and the others.
Officials say it appears the motive for the shootings was a "marital dispute."
The victims have since been identified as 49-year-old Sage Fitz, 12-year-old Baynen Fitz, and 62-year-old Carmen Buscemi.
The suspect has been identified as 53-year-old Bryan Fitz.
An investigation remains underway.
Buscemi loved his cars, and that is how his longtime friend Steve Moisoff met him for the first time.
"I met him probably 32 years ago, found him to fix a car for me and he did it, and he's been helping me ever since,” said Moisoff.
Buscemi had a son and daughter and was by all accounts a beloved man. He owned an auto repair shop, which he ran with his secretary Sage Fitz.
"Most lovable person ever. She was bubbly all the time, never flirtatious at all, but whoever came in, immediate friends,” said Moisoff.
For now, Moisoff is helping the family maintain the business his friend truly loved, and he still cannot believe he is gone.
"I deem him the best friend I ever had,” said Moisoff.
