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Public safety reporter Megan Cassidy and breaking news editor Lindsey Collom break down some of what was learned when a judge ordered the unsealed Form IV document relating to the case against Aaron Saucedo. Hannah Gaber/azcentral.com
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Reporter Megan Cassidy speaks with community activists Lydia Hernandez and DeeDee Garcia Blase, who are seeking more information regarding the arrest of Aaron Saucedo, suspected in the “Serial Street Shooter” case. Hannah Gaber/azcentral.com
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Phoenix police have arrested Aaron Saucedo in connection with the “Serial Street Shooting” case.
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Mo Money Pawn Shop requires an extensive background check in order to purchase a gun. General manager Byron Vaughn explains a typical situation at the shop, where police say the “Serial Street Shooter” suspect sold a gun. Yihyun Jeong/azcentral.com
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Aaron Juan Saucedo, the man identified by police as the suspected “Serial Street Shooter,” tells a judge he is innocent during an initial appearance on May 9, 2017, in Phoenix.
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The Arizona Republic reporter Megan Cassidy sums up the press conference held at Phoenix police headquarters announcing the arrest of the suspect in the “Serial Street Shooter” case on May 8, 2017. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com
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Phoenix police released this recording of a 911 call made by a victim of the so-called ‘serial street shooter’ in a July 11, 2016, incident — the latest in the string of unsolved shootings.
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Teresa Anderson explains what it’s like to live in the Maryvale area where fatal shootings have occurred. Video by Patrick Breen/azcentral.com
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A 16-year-old boy suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot while walking in the 1000 block of East Moreland Street. Police say this shooting is the first in a string of shootings attributed to the Phoenix “serial street shooter.”
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On March 18, about 11:30 p.m., a 21-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot while standing outside of his vehicle in the 4300 block of North 73rd Avenue. This is a 911 call made shortly after the incident.
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Republic reporters Megan Cassidy and Michael Kiefer talk about a recent update in the “serial street shooter” case. Thomas Hawthorne/azcentral.com
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At a press conference held at the Phoenix Police Department, the Mayor of Phoenix and members of law enforcement asked for public help in solving the serial shooter case. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com
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Thomas Braxton, 47, discusses the “serial street shooter” who has been connected to a ninth shooting incident, in the 3000 block of Oak Street. Adrian Hedden/azcentral
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The Phoenix Police Department met with members of the community on Wednesday, July 6, 2016.
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Sharon Layton talks about the night Angela Linner, Stefanie Ellis and Maleah Ellis were shot and describes how she and family members tried to help. David Kadlubowski/azcentral.com
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According to police, four shootings committed in west Phoenix are likely connected to the same shooter or shooters. Megan Cassidy and Thomas Hawthorne/azcentral.com
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Police are asking for the public’s help in solving a string of unsolved murders in west Phoenix, including three shootings in the first two weeks of June.
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In a plot twist worthy of a “Law and Order” TV episode, the father of the man accused of being Phoenix’s “Serial Street Shooter” is a celebrity in the Mexican music world.
José Juan Segura is a well-known music producer and musician who specializes in narcocorridos, a genre from northern Mexico that chronicles — some say glamorizes — Mexican drug cartels.
His son, Aaron Saucedo, has been charged in one murder and police say he is responsible for eight others, which terrorized neighborhoods in Phoenix in 2016. Police do not suspect Segura had anything to do with the crimes, describing him as the “father of a troubled kid.”
Segura could not be reached for comment.
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Segura is known as the manager of a Phoenix-based band called Los Cuates de Sinaloa, who appeared in the TV series “Breaking Bad.” In an interview published by the show’s cable channel, AMC, Segura said, “A corrido is a musical story taken from real life.”
Segura also records and performs under the name El JJ andEl Padrino, which means “Godfather.”
He is a regular at local events and concerts.
“When he does concerts and event work, he’s a really nice guy,” said Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski, who knows Segura through his own day job with Radio Campesina.
But Nowakowski also said that the station has a policy of not playing narcocorrido music.
“A lot of his songs we can’t play on our station,” he said.
Surviving a 2011 shooting
Indeed, Segura’s music videos are full of guns and scantily clad women, drugs, alcohol and hard-core partying, as is common to the genre. In one Facebook photo, for example, Segura has two pistols tucked into his belt, a third pistol in one hand and an automatic weapon in the other.
Much has been written in the international press about the link betweennarcocorridos and violence. In 2011, Segura wound up in the middle of it.
He was gunned down in Sinaloa, Mexico, as he was driving from a party. The car crashed and Segura suffered at least four bullet wounds, but he recovered. He later told a national reporter for Univision, a Spanish-language television network, that he was shot in a case of mistaken identity.
Despite the hard-partying images of his music videos, and the Robin-Hood glamour of narcocorridos, Segura has no apparent criminal record himself.
Neither did his son — until now.
Police and prosecutors believe that Saucedo, 23, committed nine murders over 12 shootings from August 2015 to July 2016. Most of the shootings took place in the Maryvale neighborhood of west Phoenix. Others were in east-central Phoenix. The victims all were black females or young Hispanic men.
Saucedo is charged with one murder. Police have submitted charges for eight more murders, as well as other charges that include attempted murder, aggravated assault and drive-by shooting.
Saucedo, in a court appearance, professed his innocence. So far, he and other relatives have declined to comment.
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said Wednesday morning that the matter of charges was still under review.
Another brush with police
Segura’s music business was at issue another time a family member crossed paths with police.
Saucedo’s older brother, Orlando, was involved in an April 2008 traffic stop that resulted in a forfeiture of more than $36,000 and a vehicle. He was not charged in the incident.
An Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper pulled over a late-model SUV on Interstate 10 near Picacho Peak. Inside were two nervous young Hispanic men, according to the trooper’s report.
The trooper searched the vehicle and found two pistols under the seats and $36,100 in cash in a box on the floor. The vehicle’s plates and vehicle identification number didn’t seem to belong together and the trooper thought the SUV might be stolen. According to the report, the driver, Orlando Saucedo, had neither a driver’s license nor the vehicle’s registration.
Orlando Saucedo told the trooper that the SUV belonged to his father’s wife at the time (who is not his mother), and he didn’t explain the money — at least not according to the DPS report. The trooper confiscated both.
Later, in court paperwork trying to recover the SUV and the money, an attorney for Orlando Saucedo claimed that the money belonged to a record company and music promotion business co-owned by Orlando and his father, who was not named in the paperwork.
According to the court filing, the money was the gate proceeds from a show they produced in Tucson.
Orlando Saucedo declined to comment when an Arizona Republic reporter called.
When The Republic contacted the now-ex-wife, she confirmed that the money was taken, but would not comment further.
However, Phoenix police confirmed that Segura is Aaron Saucedo’s father, and said he had nothing to do with the “Serial Street Shooter” crimes.
“He’s not a suspect,” said Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Jonathan Howard. “I think he’s the father of a troubled kid, is the easiest way to say it. But I don’t think he’s involved in any crimes.”
Court records also state that Segura took a handgun away from Aaron Saucedo “for safety concerns,” and it was turned over to police as evidence in late April.
As for the arrest of Aaron Saucedo and his connection to Segura, Nowakowski said, “I’m shocked. You know how hard I’ve been working to get this guy.”
“My thoughts and prayers go out to the families,” he said.
Republic reporters Lindsey Collom, Robert Anglen and Kaila White contributed to this article.
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