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Joseph Michaelson

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated Nov 23, 2020

Victim Details

Joseph Michaelson

Male

Southwest Asian (Indian / Pakistani)

Phoenix

AZ

2020-11-23

14

Joseph

Michaelson

Accidental

07/12/2026

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In the evening hours of November 23, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona, 14-year-old Joseph Michaelson, a male of Southwest Asian descent, was inside a home near 83rd Avenue and Indian School Road with several of his friends. Laughter and conversation likely filled the room, the way it often does when teenagers gather. But the typical youthful atmosphere was shattered in an instant by the mishandling of a firearm. A 16-year-old friend, whose name has been withheld by authorities due to his age, was handl ...
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  • AZFamily: Phoenix police arrest 16-year-old boy in Monday's shooting of 14-year-old boy
  • KNXV: PD: 16-year-old arrested after shooting another teen in west Phoenix
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