The Phoenix Police Department is investigating the death of a 21-year-old man found with gunshot wounds near 35th Avenue and Greenway Road Saturday morning. Officers responded to the scene around 1 a.m. to reports of gunshots and found Zyion Parker, 21. Parker died from his injuries on the scene, police said. According to Phoenix police,…

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A 22-year-old man faces up to 44 years in prison when sentenced after pleading guilty in the 2020 shootings of three people at an entertainment district in a Phoenix suburb. Armando Hernandez on Friday pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Under a plea…

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The Bureau of Land Management will extend the public comment period on a proposal to close federal lands to new mineral leases around Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. The agency’s announcement comes a month after Navajo residents who lease property to oil and gas companies asked the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to intervene. They want the judges to reaffirm a…

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A 63-year-old bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run near 16th and Roosevelt streets in Phoenix on Friday evening, officials said. The man, who had not been identified as of Saturday morning, was crossing 16th Street and heading westbound around 10:15 p.m. on Friday when a driver in a sedan traveling northbound hit him, Phoenix Police…

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A state trooper and one suspect were shot in Kingman on Friday afternoon, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said. The shooting happened around 3:40 p.m. near Thompson and Powell avenues, the DPS said. The trooper remained in stable condition as of Saturday morning, DPS spokesperson Raul Garcia said. The suspect who was shot remained hospitalized…

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