Overview
- Officers found 29-year-old Lonnie Shepard Jr. outside a Phoenix restaurant with at least one stab wound and he later died at a hospital.
- Phoenix homicide detectives are treating the case as a homicide and say the stabbing followed an argument between Shepard and an unknown person.
- No arrests have been announced and investigators are reviewing the scene, gathering evidence, and seeking witnesses to establish a suspect identity.
- Authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the Phoenix Police Department or submit an anonymous tip to Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (480-948-6377).
- Local reports differ on the exact nearby intersection where the incident occurred, a common early-report discrepancy that officials say does not change the active homicide investigation.