Phoenix, Arizona
May 14, 2016
Agencies: Phoenix Police Department Arizona
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: over 5 years ago
Police have released the names of the victim and suspect in an officer-involved shooting Saturday at a Phoenix apartment complex.
A woman found lying face-down on the second-floor balcony of the Shade Tree apartments is identified as 41-year-old Mercy Cordova.
Police shot and killed the gunman, 43-year-old Francis Clark.
“The victim and the suspect are reported to have been in a domestic relationship as girlfriend/boyfriend for several years,” Phoenix Police Officer James Holmes said Sunday. “They had no children in common and only Clark lived at the apartment location.”