Phoenix police renewed pleas to the public Thursday for information that could help catch a serial killer who has been stalking predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods.
(FOX)- “We collectively know somebody out there has information about the suspect involved in these crimes, and we desperately need that information,” Police Chief Joe Yahner said.
The chief was joined at a news conference by the mayor, the Arizona attorney general and officials from the FBI and the U.S. Marshal Service.
“We also know that serial killers like to brag about the atrocities that they commit,” U.S. Marshal David Gonzales said. “We don’t think that this is any different.”
Dubbed the “Serial Street Shooter,” by police, the gunman is suspected of killing seven and wounding two in nine drive-by attacks since March. Most of the incidents took place at night as the victim was standing or sitting in a car outside a home. They occurred in two mostly Hispanic, working-class areas. In most of the cases, witnesses did not get a good look at the suspect’s face or the vehicle leaving the scene.
It has been a more than a month since the last attack on July 11. Unlike other victims, the man who survived that shooting got a clearer glimpse of the suspect.
In a recently released police report, authorities say the 22-year-old victim was driving home in central Phoenix after spending the afternoon at the laundromat. His 4-year-old nephew was sitting in the front passenger seat.