On the evening of April 6, 2023, 18-year-old Anthony Muriel was found fatally wounded in an alley near 41st Avenue and Missouri Avenue in Phoenix’s west valley. Officers had initially been dispatched about 6:45 p.m. to a reported shooting at 35th Avenue and McClellan Boulevard, where evidence of a shooting was located but no victim was present.At Phoenix Police Department headquarters a juvenile male came forward voluntarily and provided information that led investigators to the alley where Anthony Muriel was discovered and later pronounced dead.

That juvenile was identified as the suspect, taken into custody and booked on charges including murder.

Homicide detectives are continuing to investigate what happened and the motive remains under investigation.Does anyone who was in the area that evening have information that could help clarify the timeline or motive?