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In the transient world of a Phoenix motel, the life of a young man came to a violent and unresolved end. On March 22, 2016, 22-year-old Leo Lavine, a Black male, was found shot to death in room 103 of the EZ8 Motel located off the I-17 freeway. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the chest. The Phoenix Police Department responded to the scene and began a homicide investigation into the troubling circumstances surrounding his death.

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Victim Details

Leo Lavine

Male

Black / African American

Phoenix

AZ

2016-03-22

22

Leo

Lavine

11/26/2025