Phoenix Police Ask For Help In Search Of Car Connected To Homicide

Phoenix Police detectives are asking for the public’s help in searching for a vehicle related to an investigation of a shooting near 40th Avenue and Hadley Street that left a man dead.

According to the Phoenix Police Department, on February 3, 2024, around 5:35 p.m., officers responded to the area 40th Avenue and Hadley Street regarding a shooting. When officers arrived, they located 32-year-old Jose Angel Ruiz Leyva with at least one gunshot wound.

Ruiz Leyva was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries; however, he did not survive these injuries.

Surveillance footage near the crime scene was located and shows a vehicle believed to be involved in the incident leaving the area after the shooting. Phoenix Police are asking anyone with information about this vehicle to contact the Phoenix Police Department or to call Silent Witness at 480(WITNESS) or 480(TESTIGO) and provide an anonymous tip. Rewards will be paid for information, that is given through Silent Witness, leading to an arrest in this case.

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