Phoenix Police Investigate Victor Vargas’s Death After Reported Domestic Dispute

By Habari Entertainment

PHOENIX — Phoenix homicide detectives are investigating the death of 41-year-old Victor Vargas after officers responded to a reported domestic dispute at a north Phoenix home on Sunday, Nov. 8.

Officers responded around 10:15 p.m. to a residence in the 700 block of West Beardsley Road, near Seventh Avenue, according to the Phoenix Police Department. They found Vargas at the residence, where fire personnel pronounced him dead.

Police said preliminary findings indicated Vargas died during a physical struggle with another person. Patrol officers detained that person, and homicide detectives later interviewed him. Police said he was not arrested. The department did not identify him or say what led to the struggle.

The Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner will conduct a postmortem examination to determine how Vargas died. Phoenix police did not announce a cause of death in their initial release.

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