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Efrain Escobar

Case from Buckeye, AZ dated Nov 13, 2021

Victim Details

Efrain Escobar

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Buckeye

AZ

2021-11-13

16

Efrain

Escobar

Yes

06/24/2026

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In the late hours of a November night in Buckeye, Arizona, the life of 16-year-old Efrain Escobar was tragically cut short. On November 13, 2021, the young man, a student-athlete with a promising future, was fatally shot multiple times in the parking lot of a QuikTrip gas station near McDowell Road and Jackrabbit Trail. The sudden violence left his family and community in shock and mourning for a life taken too soon. Efrain was remembered by his family as a leader and a great role model who was ...
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  • 12news.com: 'He didn’t deserve this': Valley father pleads for justice after son shot, killed in Buckeye
  • 12news.com: 1 person arrested in Buckeye shooting that killed 16-year-old
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