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MCSO: Homicide victim found near South Mountain

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By Steve Stout - email

PHOENIX (CBS5) -

Maricopa County sheriff's deputies said a body found near 44th Avenue and Estrella Drive in Laveen is the victim of a homicide.

Deputies found the body Thursday morning west of South Mountain while investigating a shooting, a sheriff's office spokesman said.

No other information was immediately available.

Stay with cbs5az.com and CBS 5 News as this story develops.

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