Published Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 | 2:13 p.m.
Updated Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 | 2:44 p.m.
A fight behind a southeast valley convenience store escalated into a shootout, leaving one man dead and another in critical condition, according to Metro Police.
Less than 10 minutes after gunfire erupted, the surviving man arrived at a nearby gas station, where he told officers he was the victim of a robbery, Lt. Dan McGrath said. His story, however, contradicted evidence collected by police, McGrath said.
Police were summoned at 7:37 a.m. to the scene of the shooting at a convenience store at Sunset Road and Eastern Avenue, where they found a gravely wounded man in his 40s who later died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, McGrath said.
Eight minutes later, police were dispatched to a gas station at Pecos Road and Patrick Lane, where they discovered a man in his 20s who had been shot multiple times, McGrath said.
Police also recovered a gun nearby at Sunset Park, McGrath said.
A hit-and-run crash in the area about the same time was not connected to the shooting, he said.
No additional details were immediately available.
