• 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

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

    Phoenix police arrest suspect in ‘Serial Street Shooter’ case

  • 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

Aaron Juan Saucedo, the man identified by police as the suspected “Serial Street Shooter,” blurted to a judge that he was innocent after being read the 26 charges, including eight counts of first-degree murder, that Phoenix police are seeking against him.

“I’m innocent,” he said, standing before the judge in jailhouse stripes and handcuffs.

The judge replied, saying, “You’re presumed innocent at this time, sir.”

“Yeah,” Saucedo said.

Video of his initial appearance before the judge, whose name was not immediately available, was released Tuesday morning.

Police announced Monday afternoon that Saucedo had been arrested in connection with the string of shootings in Phoenix that left nine people dead and two injured between August 2015 and July 2016. 

Saucedo is now facing nine counts of first-degree murder and has been jailed since April 19 in connection with the Aug. 16, 2015, shooting death of 61-year-old Raul Romero, a man whom his mother had been seeing. Police say it appears the other victims of the Serial Street Shooter were chosen at random.

Tuesday morning, the judge ordered that Saucedo be held without bond “until the charges are completely resolved.”

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“I do find that there is probable cause to believe you committed these charges, sir, and I do find … there is proof evidence and the presumption is great that you actually committed these crimes as stated in the charges I went over with you,” the judge said.

The new charges against Saucedo, as alleged, include:

  • 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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