In the early morning hours of December 27, 2022, a visit to a convenience store in Phoenix, Arizona, turned fatal for Guadalupe Mercado. The 49-year-old man was inside the store, located near 75th Avenue and Camelback Road, when gunfire erupted around 12:30 a.m.
When police officers arrived at the scene, they found Guadalupe Mercado had been shot. Despite any efforts to save him, he was pronounced dead at the convenience store.
The incident was quickly determined to be a homicide, and an investigation into the shooting began.
In the course of their investigation, law enforcement identified a suspect in the fatal shooting. A teenager was subsequently arrested in connection with the death of Guadalupe Mercado. The shooting cut short the life of a man known to be a funny jokester who was kind and would help anyone.
