Drive-by shooting in central Phoenix sends a man to the hospital; Ring Doorbell captures the crime
PHOENIX - UPDATE: Phoenix Police say the victim in the shooting has died. The original story is below.
A man has serious injuries after being injured in a drive-by shooting in central Phoenix on Thursday afternoon, police say.
The Sept. 5 shooting unfolded in a neighborhood near 19th Avenue and Indian School Road around 1:30 p.m.
"Officers arrived and located an adult male with at least one gunshot wound. The man has been rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries," said Phoenix Police Sgt. Mayra Reeson.
No suspect information was released. The investigation into this shooting is ongoing.
Doorbell camera captures incident
The shooting was caught on a neighbor's Ring Doorbell camera.
In the video, you can see a black sedan pulling up to a man wearing a light-colored outfit. Someone in the car appears to open fire on the victim.
The victim is seen ducking and running for cover behind a wall before the sedan takes off.
"It just scares me because of stray bullets. I don’t know where they’re going to end up hitting. I don’t really want any windows getting busted out. I don’t want tires squealing and a result of that, a wall getting busted into. There’s a canal right there, and I don’t want cars flying into that," said neighbor Dinah Armstrong.
She said that as a property manager, she works hard to keep the area clean and welcoming, but there are some security issues and drug activity she's noticed.
"We do have issues with people hopping the fence still and aiming the Ring cameras straight to the ground because there are bright lights, and it disturbs their camps," Armstrong said. "They do blast music all night long. I actually Narcaned somebody like a week ago on the phone with 911. As soon as he woke up he ran."
The first-time mom says she is hypersensitive to any crime affecting the neighborhood.
"I tend to keep my child inside. I do see other people with their kids out here, but with all these drugs and stuff, I’ve been here three years, my dad’s been here for 10. They kinda move out really quickly. The high turnover rate, I don’t get neighbors to stay very long," Armstrong said.
With this shooting taking place right outside her home, she said she’s more on edge than before.
"I didn’t really care. I was all, 'I’m not scared,’ but now that I have a child … my heart is in a different spot and I just really hope that the police department can get more help and everything," she said.