PHOENIX (AP) - The Latest on a fatal shooting at a Phoenix home (all times local):
12:05
Phoenix police say an 18-year-old man fatally shot a 17-year-old companion in the older teen’s house where they had gone to steal guns.
James Charles Lee was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in the Thursday morning shooting of the male 17-year-old, whose identity was not released.
A police probable-cause statement says the two used a pickax and a torch to break into a gun safe but after an hour of work found that it empty.
Police say Lee told investigators that the 17-year-old had brought a gun with him and that Lee picked up it up and shot the 17-year-old as he sat on Lee’s mother bed.
According to police, Lee said he didn’t like it that the 17-year-old was going through his mother’s medications.
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10:50 a.m.
Phoenix police have arrested an 18-year-old man in the shooting death of a 17-year-old in a home.
Police say James Lee and the victim knew each other, but police haven’t released a possible motive or other details in the Thursday morning shooting.
Lee was booked into jail on suspicion of second-degree murder.
It’s not immediately known whether he has a defense attorney who could comment on the allegations.
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