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Homicide suspect injured in East Valley officer-involved shooting

Mesa police were involved in a shooting July 17.

(Metro Creative Connection)

A man who was being investigated as a homicide suspect was shot at by Mesa police Friday night at an apartment complex near Dobson and Broadway roads.

Mesa officers responded about 11 p.m. July 17 to the 500 block of South Dobson Road regarding a shots-fired call. They found a man with “obvious signs of trauma” who had died, according to a Mesa Police Department release.

The suspect had fled, but officers located him. He had barricaded himself inside an apartment, police said.

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