Armed Security Guard Charged With Murder In Phoenix Shooting

Phoenix AZ

10 May, 2021

1:45 PM

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PHOENIX, AZ — An armed security guard was charged in connection with a deadly shooting outside a west Phoenix club on Sunday morning, Phoenix police said. Ruben Sekiseka, 29, was killed in the shooting, which occurred just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday near Bethany Home Road and 27th Avenue, according to Phoenix police. Serafin Chavez, 34, was charged with second-degree murder and tampering with evidence, according to police. Chavez is being held in jail on $750,000 bail in connection with the shooting. If convicted of second-degree murder, Chavez faces a mandatory 10-year prison sentence, with a maximum sentence of 22 years in prison. Chavez initially told detectives that Sekiseka shot himself as he was being escorted out of a club after an altercation, police said. But detectives discovered that Chavez shot Sekiseka and hid the casing from his firearm prior to police arriving, according to police.