Police arrest suspect in connection to man’s murder in Mesa

MESA, Ariz. - Mesa Police have arrested a suspect in connection to a shooting on Monday afternoon that left a man dead.

The shooting happened at 1:20 p.m. on Dec. 11 near Stapley Drive and Brown Road. When officers got to the scene, they found 22-year-old Deazo Seghi sitting in the driver's seat inside a parked car. Seghi had been shot multiple times and was taken to a hospital where he later died.

Witnesses described the suspect to police, and officers found a man matching the suspect's description nearby. The man, 29-year-old Tyler McGuire, was detained. Police say a gun was found on him, and he invoked his right to an attorney and was not questioned.

Man arrested in deadly Mesa shooting

Mesa Police have arrested a suspect in connection to a shooting on Monday afternoon that left a man dead.

Investigators say shell casings and ammo from the shooting scene appeared to match the gun found with McGuire.

"The Mesa Police Forensics Lab had a firearms specialist test fire the handgun and compare the casings from the gun and the casings found at the scene," police said. "The casings were a match."

McGuire was arrested and booked into jail. He is accused of second-degree murder.

No further details on the shooting were released.