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Police investigating two shooting deaths overnight in Phoenix

31st street and bell shooting
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PHOENIX — Phoenix police are investigating after two people were found dead in separate shooting incidents late Sunday night and early Monday morning.

Officers were first called to an area near 32nd Street and Bell Road around 11 p.m. Sunday in response to a shooting.

At the scene, police located a man who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries. He has been identified by police as 26-year-old Victor Meraz Montes.

No information about what led to the shooting or any suspects has been released.

Police were then called to an area near 35th and Glendale avenues before 5 a.m. Monday where a man was found shot in the middle of the roadway.

Death investigation underway near 35th and Glendale avenues

Officers say the man, who was later identified as 31-year-old Esdras Ramirez was found unresponsive and died from his injuries at the scene.

Investigators are working to determine what led up to the shooting.