Two Arizona Men Arrested After They’re Seen on Video Dumping Fatally Stabbed Victim on Sidewalk, Cops Say
Two Arizona men are under arrest in connection with the killing of a man found on a sidewalk in the middle of the night, police said.
According to police and jail records, Trevion Wright, 19, was identified as a suspect in the murder of Leevatoh Keetso, 27, after officers were called to a west Phoenix neighborhood just after 2 a.m. on May 3, AZ Central reported.
Responding officers found Keetso lying on the sidewalk suffering what appeared to be a stab wound. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he died from his injury.
Investigators said they were able to locate security camera video that allegedly shows two men, lalter identified as Wright and 26-year-old Taylor Gordon, carrying the victim from a house to where he was found on the nearby sidewalk.
Police served a search warrant on the residence and detained five people before identifying Wright as a suspect in Keetso’s stabbing murder.
Gordon was arrested and charged on suspicion of tampering with physical evidence, jail records show.
Wright was held on a $1,000,300 bond, while Gordon was held on a $50,000 bond.
Both men are scheduled to appear in court on May 10.
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