Silent Witness Crime of the Week – German Rico / 5030 W. McDowell Rd (Classico Phoenix Night Club)

On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 2:30 a.m., the victim went to the Classico Phoenix Night Club to meet friends. Later in the evening, there was a fight in the parking lot involving multiple persons, including the victim and the suspect. At one point during the fight the suspect went to a vehicle, retrieved a gun and pointed it at the victim. A shot was heard and the victim was seen falling to the ground. The suspect then entered the driver’s side of the vehicle and drove away. The victim was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased from a gunshot wound.

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