PHOENIX — Two men are dead and a suspect is in custody after a shooting in the West Valley early Monday morning.
Phoenix police responded to the area of 67th and Highland avenues around 3:30 a.m. Monday for reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found two victims who had each been shot at least once.
Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. They have been identified by police as 34-year-old Jose Carlos Jimenez and 21-year-old Marquez Anthony Demarcus Booker.
Following the shooting, police say the suspect, identified as 20-year-old Jessie James Olvera, took off.
He was later tracked down to a home near 73rd Avenue and Sanna Street in Peoria where he was taken into custody following a barricade situation.
Phoenix police officials say Olvera was interviewed by detectives and made "incriminating statements." He was booked into jail on several charges including second-degree murder.
An investigation remains ongoing.
