Overview
- First responders were called around 1:08 a.m. Jan. 1 to the area of Mendoza Street and McKinney Avenue after a boy reported his friend had been shot.
- Deputies and Globe police found the juvenile not breathing, performed life-saving measures, and the victim later died at a Phoenix-area hospital shortly before 2 p.m.
- The sheriff’s office says several people were at a New Year’s house party when the shooting occurred.
- Investigators are searching for 19-year-old Deshawn Tarango, whom they identified as a person of interest, and believe the suspect fled on foot and may have been picked up by a white Ram pickup.
- Authorities describe the case as an isolated incident and ask anyone with information to call GCSO’s Detectives Division at (928) 402-1872, with multiple agencies assisting in the investigation.