{"id":12487,"date":"2026-04-28T14:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/boy-dies-after-being-shot-in-el-mirage-neighborhood-suspect-on-the-loose-az-family\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:56:19","slug":"boy-dies-after-being-shot-in-el-mirage-neighborhood-suspect-on-the-loose-az-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/boy-dies-after-being-shot-in-el-mirage-neighborhood-suspect-on-the-loose-az-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy dies after being shot in El Mirage neighborhood; suspect on the loose &#8211; AZ Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>EL MIRAGE, AZ (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Police are looking for whoever shot and killed a boy and injured another in an El Mirage neighborhood Monday night.<br \/>Several 911 calls came in around 8 p.m. reporting shots fired just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/12400+W+Dreyfus+Dr,+El+Mirage,+AZ+85335\/@33.60486,-112.3303218,16.13z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x872b438413d54539:0xe9080e7da69aefe1!8m2!3d33.6032461!4d-112.3268833?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/12400+W+Dreyfus+Dr,+El+Mirage,+AZ+85335\/@33.60486,-112.3303218,16.13z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x872b438413d54539:0xe9080e7da69aefe1!8m2!3d33.6032461!4d-112.3268833?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">west of El Mirage Road on Dryfus Drive<\/a>, which is south of Thunderbird Road.<br \/>Investigators said crews found the boy, put him in an ambulance and took him to the hospital, where he later died. The boy has not been publicly identified. <br \/>One woman said she was coming home from the store when a boy ran up to her screaming, \u201cCall 911. Someone was shot.\u201d She said she saw the victim lying on the ground.<br \/>El Mirage Police said another juvenile boy was shot but is expected to recover. <br \/>Police said no arrests have been made, and they interviewed neighbors for descriptions of vehicles involved. Police have not said what led up to the shooting.<br \/>Anyone with information is asked to contact the El Mirage Police Department Tip Line at 623-500-3277.<br \/><i>See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\"><i>Please click here to report it<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><br \/><i>Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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