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Police have made an arrest in a double homicide Thursday morning at a west Phoenix hotel. <\/p>\n
Sgt. Melissa Soliz of the Phoenix Police Department confirmed Saturday morning that an arrest had been made in the fatal shootings of two unidentified men at a hotel near 48th Avenue and McDowell Road.<\/p>\n
Jose Gregorio Inchaurriga Ruacho, 33, was located around 2:30 a.m. near 27th Avenue and Thomas Road and taken into custody, police said. One of the victims has been identified by police as 64-year-old Douglas Earl Emison. The identity of the second victim was pending, police said. <\/p>\n
Phoenix police officers had found both victims with gunshot wounds at the hotel after receiving reports at 9:15 a.m. of shots fired, according to prior information from the department.<\/p>\n
Police previously said both shooting victims died from their injuries. It was unclear whether the men died at the scene or were taken to hospital.<\/p>\n
The suspect, whose image from surveillance video was shared by police after the shooting, left the scene in a blue 2004 Dodge Ram truck.<\/p>\n
No other details about the case were provided. As of Saturday afternoon, the Maricopa County Jail did not have Ruacho in custody. <\/p>\n
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