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Vigil Honors Phoenix Shooting Victim After Arrest in Linked Homicides

Loved ones gathered at the bus stop where Andreas Olguin was killed as the accused gunman remains jailed on a $3 million bond.

Overview

  • Family and friends held a candlelight vigil Saturday night for Andreas Olguin at the north Phoenix bus stop where he was fatally shot on Nov. 29.
  • Police say Olguin, 21, was shot 11 times near 19th Avenue and Thunderbird Road by a stranger.
  • Detectives linked the killing to an earlier homicide of Marcus Adams, 45, on Nov. 24 near 19th Avenue and Greenway Road, and to a Nov. 11 shooting at a home with no injuries.
  • Investigators connected the three scenes using ballistic matches, surveillance video, and cellphone location data.
  • Adalberto Pablo Cordova Torres, 21, was arrested Dec. 4, charged with murder, and is being held on a $3 million bond, with a court date set for Dec. 11.