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19-year-old shot and killed after breaking into ex’s home, Arizona police say

A 19-year-old man was shot and died after breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Phoenix home, where he got into a fight with another man, Arizona police say.
A 19-year-old man was shot and died after breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Phoenix home, where he got into a fight with another man, Arizona police say. Getty Images | iStockphoto

A 19-year-old man died after he was shot in a fight inside the Phoenix home of his ex-girlfriend, Arizona police reported.

Kimoni Wilson forced his way into the home Wednesday, Aug. 24, where he fought with a man who confronted him inside, Phoenix police said in a news release.

Wilson struck the man with a gun he found in the home, but the man “got ahold of the gun” and shot Wilson, police said.

Police were called to the home at 6:45 a.m. and found Wilson dead, the release said. The other man was taken to a hospital with injuries from the fight.

An investigation into the death continues, police said.

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This story was originally published August 25, 2022 at 8:57 AM with the headline "19-year-old shot and killed after breaking into ex’s home, Arizona police say."

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Don Sweeney
The Sacramento Bee
Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.
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