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Top Phoenix news: MCSO seeks suspect in shooting; PPD has highest number of police shootings; more

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Published on August 21, 2019
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Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Phoenix.

MCSO asking for help to locate man wanted for shooting in Phoenix

Brandon Talamantez was identified per detectives as the suspect involved in a shooting near 39th and Southern avenues on Aug. 8, MCSO says.

Read the full story on 12NEWS.

Students mobilize amid campaigning over Phoenix rail vote

PHOENIX (AP) - Campaigning over the future of mass rail transit in Phoenix is heating up over next week's special election asking voters whether expansion of the light rail system in the nation's fifth largest city should be halted. 

Read the full story on Houston Chronicle.

Police incident closes westbound I-10 in west Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) - A police incident closed westbound Interstate 10 on the west side of metro Phoenix, causing a miles-long traffic backup during the beginning of the Tuesday morning commute. 

Read the full story on Houston Chronicle.

Phoenix police must log when they point guns at people after department led nation in shootings

Plagued by the highest number of police shootings in the nation, racist Facebook posts from its officers and a viral video of a family terrified by officers while held at gunpoint, Phoenix has introduced broad changes in an effort to "modernize" its troubled department, the mayor said. 

Read the full story on Houston Chronicle.


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