{"id":610852,"date":"2026-04-28T07:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/610852\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:53:09","slug":"boy-dies-after-being-shot-in-el-mirage-neighborhood-suspect-on-the-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/610852\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy dies after being shot in El Mirage neighborhood; suspect on the loose"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL MIRAGE, AZ (AZFamily) \u2014 Police are looking for whoever shot and killed a boy in an El Mirage neighborhood Monday night.<\/p>\n

Several 911 calls came in around 8 p.m. reporting shots fired just west of El Mirage Road on Dryfus Drive<\/a>, south of Thunderbird Road.<\/p>\n

Investigators said crews found the boy, put him in an ambulance and took him to the hospital, where he later died.<\/p>\n

Police said no arrests have been made, and they are interviewing neighbors for descriptions of vehicles.<\/p>\n

One woman said she was coming home from the store when a boy ran up to her screaming, \u201cCall 911. Someone was shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said she saw the victim lying on the ground.<\/p>\n

Police have not said what led up to the shooting.<\/p>\n

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