TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - A 17-year-old youth involved in a hit-and-run collision was arrested in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man who witnessed the crash and then located and detained three other juveniles involved in the wreck, Tempe police said Saturday..
Joseph Delegge was shot Friday in a parking where he and the driver of a car involved in the nearby crash located three of five juveniles who had been in the other vehicle, a Police Department statement said.
Delegge was armed with a handgun which he displayed first to the three juveniles and then to the 17-year-old when that youth arrived in the parking lot, police said.
When Delegge turned his attention back to the three juveniles, the 17-year-old pulled a revolver from his pants pocket and shot Delegge once, police said.
The juveniles fled from the scene but officers located them and a discarded backpack containing the gun used to shoot Delegge, police said.
Police said the 17-year-old was arrested on suspicion of crimes that included second-degree murder and tampering with evidence.
The 17-year-old;’s identity wasn’t released and it wasn’t known whether he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf about the allegations.
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