17-Year-old student and cheerleader shot leaving house party
On Sunday, May 14, Phoenix community members experienced a tragedy when a student and cheerleader at Cesar Chavez High School, 17-year-old Desiree Rivas, was shot and killed while leaving a house party. The Phoenix Police Department’s news release indicated that they had responded to reports of shots fired in the neighborhood after midnight that day. Neighbors shared the fear they felt when hearing the shots. April Stokes, who was in bed when the “loud gunshots,” …