Early Sunday morning, an incident shook the area of north Phoenix when a man was shot during a robbery attempt. According to 12 News, the Phoenix Police Department responded to a shooting near 28th Street and Cactus Road around 9 a.m., locating a victim with a gunshot wound.
The Phoenix Fire Department swiftly transported the injured man to the hospital, though his current condition has not been disclosed. Amidst the chaos of the attack, the victim was able to quickly to return fire, though it remains unclear if this exchange resulted in additional injuries.
In the wake of the violence, witnesses observed two individuals fleeing the scene. These suspects were later detained by officers as ongoing investigations aim to decipher the full narrative of the event. As the story continues to develop, authorities have yet to release the identities or photographs of those implicated in the shooting.
AZFamily reports that the call initially came to police around 7 a.m., outlining that the suspects were running north along 28th Drive. This information helped to quickly lead to the location and intervention by the officers at the scene. As detectives work to piece together the sequence of events, no further details on the motive or the circumstances leading up to the robbery have been released at this time.
