PHOENIX — A shooting in the Phoenix area has left a teenage boy dead, the city's police department said.

Officers responded to a shooting call around 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday near 12th Street and Bell Road.

As officers arrived on scene, they found the male juvenile with a gunshot wound, police said. Emergency crews arrived and took him to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The boy later died and has been identified as 17-year-old Marki Terril Anthony. Police are investigating the incident and what led up to the shooting.

Anyone with information is asked to call SILENT WITNESS at 480(WITNESS) or 480(TESTIGO).

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