Iren Byers
Wow.
Posted on 05/29/2023 4:25:52 AM PDT by csvset
MESA, Ariz. - A suspect has been arrested after a string of shootings in Mesa and Phoenix that left four people dead and one person injured.
Iren Byers, 20, was originally taken into custody near Main Street and Ext Road for trespassing on May 28. He allegedly confessed to all the crimes, and he told police where they could find the clothes he wore and the handgun he used for the shootings.
Detectives linked his handgun to another murder that happened near 24th Street and Oak in Phoenix on Friday – before the Mesa shootings. A 41-year-old man, identified as Nicholas Arnstad, had been found dead next to a canal in the area.
Byers also reportedly confessed to killing him during the police interview.
In total, the 20-year-old is now being accused of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
Police say security video from the shooting scenes all linked Byers to the homicides. He is believed to be the only suspect in this case. Timeline of shootings
On May 26 around 10:30 p.m., police found the body of a 41-year-old man near Alma School Road and Main Street. He is Julian Cox.
While police were still investigating the body being found, they heard gunshots in the area. By 12:15 a.m. later that morning, officers found 36-year-old Angela Fonseca who had been shot near Main Street and Stewart – she's stable at the hospital with serious injuries.
At around 1 a.m. near Country Club Drive and Broadway Road, a 41-year-old man's body was found near a Greyhound station. He's identified as Stephen Young.
As police searched the area, another body was found around 2 a.m. near 2nd Avenue and Extension, just blocks away. That victim is named John Swain, 40.
PD: 3 killed, 1 hurt in Mesa shooting spree
Possible motives
In court paperwork obtained on May 28, some of the details that stood out were the apparent motives for each of Byers' alleged killings.
For the first victim in Phoenix, authorities say Byers shot the man in the head because he was smoking fentanyl, and he didn't like that because his brother abused it too.
In the second shooting, Byers reportedly told police that the victim was talking about "blues," a term used to refer to fentanyl, and so he shot him in the head.
In the third shooting, the paperwork says Byers shot a woman in the face because "she made him mad," then shot her again because "she wasn't dead yet."
In the fourth shooting, police say Byers wanted to smoke weed, but the victim said he wanted fentanyl instead, so he shot him in the head.
In the last shooting, Byers reportedly told investigators that he shot the victim in the head because he "was homeless and not from around here." The victim reportedly fell down a hill and Byers followed him and kept shooting.
Police say Byers didn't request any medical aid for the victims because he thought they didn't deserve it.
Investigators say he didn't show any remorse for the crimes he's accused of.
"All of the fired casings located from each case were seized and inspected for NIBIN evaluation and entry. Preliminarily, at least one casing from each scene matched being fired from the same handgun," paperwork read. NIBIN stands for the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network.
Police say Byers told investigators the clothes he was wearing during the crimes were in his grandmother's room. A red T-shirt, black pants and a black fanny pack were found following a search warrant.
Inside the fanny pack was the 9mm Taurus handgun police say was used in the killings and matched the casings from the scenes.
Wow.
My money says they were all white devils.
Another obama son murdering for fun. Stay away from black people, folks.
Ignore the racist trash comment at 4.
Better advice that is not based in ignorance is to maintain situational awareness at all times, get a concealed carry permit and train, train, train.
According to furball, reality is racists. Go get 'em tiger!
Homeless or fentanyl smokers . A one man vigilante clean up crew. ☠️
And that would wisely include being extremely wary of young black men who look and act like inner city thugs. Nearly 60% of all murders in America are committed by black people, who make up 13% of the population. But it isn’t as simple as that, because black women commit relatively few of them, leaving primarily the 6% of the population who are black men. But even that number is too high because it includes older black men, even the elderly, who are not out committing murder either. So that leaves young black men, who makeup less than 6%. I don’t know what that number is, so let’s just split the difference and say it’s 3%. But that still is too high, because it includes young black men who are civil and responsible and are therefore not engaged in “urban” thuggery. So in the end we’re left with some small number, maybe 2% of the population to estimate a number, who are responsible for murdering 60% of all people murdered in the U.S. That’s a stunning fact that fully warrants avoiding that group at all costs. Maybe you think you can always see them coming in time, but I would prefer to just avoid them entirely because I’m not psychic and I’m not willing to risk my life on my ability to predict what some animal will do and hope that I can beat him to the draw. That’s a bad plan.
It’s important to be prepared, as you said, but it’s even more important to avoid trouble where you can instead of thinking you can always see it coming in time. And there is no group that presents a greater potential benefit to your longevity by avoiding them than young urban black males.
He also shot a woman in the face because she “made him mad”. A face shot can be a classic target for personal hate (saw it on some crime show). Also we have to remember he claims these people were using Fentanyl, could have been the 1st excuse that popped into his head.
I’m withholding my judgement he was a vigilante until I see the victims photos, learn if they were really homeless etc .
How about we ignore you.
What you wrote was a racist lie
Here it is:
And that would wisely include being extremely wary of young black men who look and act like inner city thugs. Nearly 60% of all murders in America are committed by black people, who make up 13% of the population.
Here are the facts:
1) Premeditated murder is the willful and planned killing of an innocent human being
2) There were over 900,000 premeditated murders last year in the US
3) over 80% are committed by women
4) Over 60% by white women
5) Over 98% by licensed physicians, mostly ob-gyn’s
What you wrote was a racist lie
Here it is:
“And that would wisely include being extremely wary of young black men who look and act like inner city thugs. Nearly 60% of all murders in America are committed by black people, who make up 13% of the population.”
Here are the facts:
1) Premeditated murder is the willful and planned killing of an innocent human being
2) There were over 900,000 premeditated murders last year in the US
3) over 80% are committed by women
4) Over 60% by white women
5) Over 98% by licensed physicians, mostly ob-gyn’s
If youre worried about murders, lets know the truth about who commits most murders
Hmmmm....... defending the indefensible.
Source link, got one?
I wonder if we will get photos of the deceased.
I’m still looking for pics of the dead motorcycle gang members killed in NM the other day.
What the other poster is trying to imply (I guess) is that abortion is murder. That's an easy thing for me to agree with but the simple truth is not one single State in this Union refers to abortion as murder by statute. The first line of that post calls another FReeper a racist liar for repeating commonly referred to statistics, which is beyond the pale.
24th and Oak has been an area in Phoenix to avoid for years. Not so Mesa but this guy is a big problem glad they got him.
YOUR analysis makes more sense than ANYTHING anyone has produced in over 50 years.
He’s talking about abortions.
Such a casual disregard for life.
That is what happens when society tells you that life is meaningless and can be destroyed for convenience or any other reason that suits you.
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