Austin Walker
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Vigilante justice or self-defense? North Scottsdale man deemed flight risk after shooting salesman (opens the original)
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A Maricopa County judge denied a travel request Wednesday morning for a North Scottsdale homeowner accused of shooting a door-to-door salesman outside his home earlier this month, ruling the man is a flight risk. Patrick McBride faces charges in connection with the Sept. 13 shooting that left 21-year-old Juan Hoffman hospitalized and unable to walk. “I just saw, you know, chunks of my body on the ground, and I just saw blood starting to pour out,” Hoffman told Arizona
Tempe voters divided over proposed sales tax hike to plug budget hole (opens the original)
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TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — Tempe residents packed into the Tempe History Museum on Tuesday night to debate an upcoming ballot measure that could soon have shoppers paying more at the register. Proposition 424, slated for the November ballot, would raise Tempe’s transaction privilege (sales) tax by a half-cent, or 0.5%. To put that into perspective, shoppers would pay an extra 50 cents for every $100 spent. If approved, the tax increase would exempt groceries and other food purchased for home consump
‘I couldn’t move’: Salesman recalls being shot in back by north Scottsdale homeowner (opens the original)
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A routine sales trip turned nearly deadly for a 21-year-old door-to-door salesman who said asking for a sip of water and retracing his steps for a lost wallet ended with an 80-year-old homeowner shooting him in the back. Speaking exclusively to Arizona’s Family from his bed in a rehabilitation center, Juan Hoffman recalled the Sept. 13 shooting in a gated North Scottsdale neighborhood near Pima Road and Stagecoach Pass, south of Cave Creek Road. Hoffman, a Washington
EXCLUSIVE: Tempe Tavern abruptly closes while linked to another deadly crash (opens the original)
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TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — Tempe Tavern is abruptly closing its doors and liquidating its assets days after state regulators linked the longtime college-town venue to a deadly crash on U.S. 60. Online auction listings, including posts on Craigslist, surfaced Monday advertising a complete liquidation sale for an East Valley bar and restaurant. Photos and address details matched Tempe Tavern, which was advertising everything from barstools and tables to commercial refrigerators and beer taps. Patrons
Nonprofit shelters Phoenix-area families as monsoon rain leaves unhoused stranded (opens the original)
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MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — While recent monsoon storms brought a welcomed cooldown to parts of the Valley, the downpours proved life-threatening to thousands of unhoused residents with nowhere to go. For the past two months, Daran Wiley and his family have struggled to find stable shelter after losing their home. “We had a house,” Wiley said. “We weren’t able to pay the rent and got kicked out.” Forced to live in their car, Wiley, his pregnant fiancée Lorena and their 1-year-old daughter Avani spent
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