AZ - 4 dead, 1 injured, multiple shootings, Iren Byers, 20, arrested - Phoenix and Mesa, 26-27 May 2023

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Arizona man arrested after random shooting spree kills 4 and injures 1

Iren Byers, 20, was charged with four counts of first-degree murder and a count of attempted murder after he was spotted on surveillance video at the scenes of the shootings and allegedly confessed.

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An Arizona man was arrested after he randomly shot five people Friday and Saturday, killing four and injuring one, police alleged.

Police arrested Iren Byers, 20, on Saturday on four counts of first-degree murder and a count of attempted murder after Mesa police officials saw him on video near the scenes of multiple shootings that occurred Friday and Saturday, police said. One person was killed Friday afternoon in Phoenix, and three were killed and one was injured in Mesa late Friday and early Saturday. Byers confessed to the shootings once he was in custody, police alleged.

 

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Police announced in a statement that Iren Byers, a 20-year-old Arizona man, was located on Sunday afternoon and took him into custody in Mesa, Ariz. Court documents show Byers is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder. Mesa Police Detective Brandi George said that Byers admitted to the shootings during questioning, and is cooperating while in police custody. He told them that in each of the five slayings he did not call for medical help because he believed his victims “did not deserve it;” adding that most of the victims were homeless and that Byers was “angry toward people who used drugs.”
Man arrested after shooting spree leaves 4 killed, 1 injured in Arizona