Tempe Police investigate fatal Scottsdale Road shooting

TEMPE, Ariz. — Tempe police have arrested a 19-year-old in connection with the deadly shooting of a teen in July. 

The shooting that happened on Scottsdale Road near Loop 202, just north of the Arizona State University Tempe Campus, on July 25, just before 2 a.m.

When they arrived, they found a person with at least one gunshot wound. First responders pronounced him dead on the scene. Police identified the victim as a 17-year-old male. His identity has not been released. 

19-year-old Edwin Denis has been arrested in connection with the shooting, Tempe police said. 

The investigation is still ongoing.

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