• Maryvale activists speak about the 'Serial Street Shooter' case

    Maryvale activists speak about the ‘Serial Street Shooter’ case

  • Phoenix police arrest suspect in 'Serial Street Shooter' case

    Phoenix police arrest suspect in ‘Serial Street Shooter’ case

  • Background check for guns at Mo Money Pawn Shop

    Background check for guns at Mo Money Pawn Shop

  • Aaron Juan Saucedo appears before judge

    Aaron Juan Saucedo appears before judge

  • Reporter Megan Cassidy on Phoenix 'Serial Street Shooter' arrest

    Reporter Megan Cassidy on Phoenix ‘Serial Street Shooter’ arrest

  • 911 call: The latest Phoenix 'serial street shooter' victim calm after shooting

    911 call: The latest Phoenix ‘serial street shooter’ victim calm after shooting

  • Maryvale resident talks about violence

    Maryvale resident talks about violence

  • 911 call: The first attack attributed to the 'serial street shooter'

    911 call: The first attack attributed to the ‘serial street shooter’

  • 911 call: The second 'serial street shooter' incident

    911 call: The second ‘serial street shooter’ incident

  • 'Serial street shooter' case

    ‘Serial street shooter’ case

  • Law enforcement asks for public help in serial shooter case

    Law enforcement asks for public help in serial shooter case

  • Neighbor comments on 'serial street shooter'

    Neighbor comments on ‘serial street shooter’

  • Maryvale community meeting

    Maryvale community meeting

  • 'We just don't know why they did it'

    ‘We just don’t know why they did it’

  • Police: 5 west Phoenix homicides likely connected

    Police: 5 west Phoenix homicides likely connected

  • Phoenix police seek public help to solve string of murders

    Phoenix police seek public help to solve string of murders

Phoenix police have been eyeing Aaron Juan Saucedo as a suspect in the “Serial Street Shooter” investigation for nine months before he was officially tied to the case on May 8, threading together a web of information including witness statements, ballistics evidence and surveillance footage, a previously withheld court record shows.

Fifteen shell casings were found in two vehicles that Saucedo had been driving. Police say they have since linked them to the spree of unsolved murders that have rattled Phoenix for months. 

Acting on a judge’s recent order, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office on Friday filed a redacted version of a public record, that until then, had been sealed by the court.

The record, known as a Form IV, offers the first glimpse at the investigation that tied 24-year-old Saucedo to one of Phoenix’s most prolific killing sprees — nine homicides in a matter of 11 months.

Police offered scant investigative details when they announced Saucedo’s arrest, only divulging the types of evidence that they say tied him to the crimes.

The newly released court record states that two witnesses initially brought Saucedo to detectives’ attention on Aug. 7 and Aug. 31. The witnesses said Saucedo looked similar to the composite image police had recently circulated of the suspected shooter. They also noted he recently stopped driving a black BMW after police said the killer had been driving a similar car, and that Saucedo had begun growing out facial hair.

The document additionally filled in details on ballistic links to the case. On April 22, an unnamed witness turned over a handgun that Saucedo’s father had confiscated from him “for safety concerns.” The handgun was said to be a Bryco Arms .380 caliber, which police say later was forensically linked to the shooting death of Jesse Olivas.

The Form IV also revealed that 14 shell casings found in a 2003 Hyundai Sonata that Saucedo owned at the time of the murders was later forensically matched to casings found at nine of the crime scenes.

Police said Saucedo admitted to detectives that he drove a black 2001 BMW 5401 between May and August 2016, a car that was consistent with video footage from final incident.

To date, Saucedo has only been officially charged with one of the homicides. Police are additionally recommending the following charges:

  • First-degree murder, eight counts
  • Discharging a firearm at a residence
  • Drive-by shooting, six counts
  • Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, three counts
  • Attempted first-degree murder, three counts
  • Aggravated assault causing serious physical injury, two counts
  • Discharging a firearm at a non residence
  • Endangerment
  • Criminal damage

 

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