Overview
- Police were called about 4:00 a.m. Tuesday to a home near 44th Street and Baseline Road after a family argument turned physical, and officers found a man unresponsive inside.
- When officers arrived they handcuffed 36-year-old Bill Blancas, who was being restrained by another man and a woman, according to the department.
- Phoenix Fire Department personnel transported the unresponsive man to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
- Detectives from the Phoenix Police homicide unit have taken over the case and officials say the medical examiner will determine the cause of death; police have not disclosed whether any arrests have been made.
- Reporters saw multiple police command vans at the scene, and police plan to release a formal critical incident briefing within 14 days while investigators work through forensic and witness inquiries.