JUST IN: Mesa Police have released the names of the victims in this weekend's deadly shooting spree.
Iren Byers, 20, was originally taken into custody near Main Street and Ext Road for trespassing on May 28. He allegedly confessed to all the crimes, and he told police where they could find the clothes he wore and the handgun he used for the shootings.
Police say security video from the shooting scenes all linked Byers to the homicides. He is believed to be the only suspect in this case.On Saturday afternoon, Mesa police gave a timeline of when and where the victims were found.While police were still investigating the body being found, they heard gunshots in the area. By 12:15 a.m. later that morning, officers found 36-year-old Angela Fonseca who had been shot near, a 41-year-old man's body was found near a Greyhound station.
In the second shooting, Byers reportedly told police that the victim was talking about "blues," a term used to refer to fentanyl, and so he shot him in the head. In the fourth shooting, police say Byers wanted to smoke weed, but the victim said he wanted fentanyl instead, so he shot him in the head.
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