Incident

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5-26-2023 Arizona Mesa 5-1

Location

May 26, 2023

Alma School Rd and Main St
Mesa, Arizona

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Julian Cox
Age: 41
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Angela Fonseca
Age: 36
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Name: Stephen Young
Age: 41
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: John Swain
Age: 40
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Nicholas Arnstad
Age: 41
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Iren Byers
Age: 20
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide)
Spree Shooting (multiple victims, multiple locations)
Mass Murder (4+ deceased victims excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator , one location)
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
Drug involvement

Notes

Loc 2 N Stewart and Main St 1215am; Loc 3 Greyhound station 1423 S Country Club Dr 1am; Loc 4 Extension Rd and 2nd Ave 2am; Loc 5 24th Street and Oak, Phoenix; FRI 4:pm-SUN 2:am - 34 HRs Subject said he shot 2 of the male victims due to Fentanyl use; Victims may have been targeted due to homelessness

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 9mm

Sources

URL: https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/mesa-police-investigating-four-overnight-shootings

URL: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/mesa-police-investigate-4-shootings-3-dead-1-hurt-a-person-detained

URL: https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/court-documents-released-in-mesa-shooting-spree/75-a756517c-fc4e-44be-8b04-fb3f705ebc74

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 9
State House District: 9