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Aidan Apel

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated Jul 28, 2024

Victim Details

Aidan Apel

Male

White / Caucasian

Phoenix

AZ

2024-07-28

17

Aidan

Apel

07/19/2026

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In the late morning hours of July 28, 2024, a sense of unease settled over the 1400 block of South 5th Avenue in a South Phoenix neighborhood. It was here that the life of 17-year-old Aidan Apel, a White male, was tragically cut short. Responding to a call about a shooting just after 11:30 a.m., Phoenix police officers arrived to find a chilling scene. Apel was discovered in the driver's seat of a vehicle, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Despite the immediate response and medical atten ...
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  • https://www.phoenix.gov/policesite/MediaAdvisories/451%20-%201400%20S%205th%20Ave.pdf
  • The Arizona Republic: Aidan Apel, 17, killed in driver’s seat of his car. Phoenix police arrest, teen suspect
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