{"id":175497,"date":"2025-08-25T23:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/175497\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:01:14","slug":"man-dead-after-stabbing-in-west-phoenix-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/175497\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dead after stabbing in west Phoenix, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 A stabbing in west Phoenix last week led to the death of a 27-year-old man, authorities said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement responded to news of a stabbing in the area of <a href=\"https:\/\/share.google\/ZrZebaraSI3EQQIRd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">27th and Northern avenues<\/a> around 3 a.m. on Thursday, according to the Phoenix Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Details on the call to Phoenix police said the assault victim, Martin McKinney, left the area. After searching, they found McKinney nearby with at least one stab wound.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement brought him to a nearby hospital. Initially, his injuries were considered to be nonlethal, but his condition worsened while he was receiving treatment, police said.<\/p>\n<p>He was pronounced dead at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Man dead after stabbing in west Phoenix: Police investigating<\/p>\n<p>Detectives with the Phoenix Police Department\u2019s Violent Crimes Bureau took over the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information that can help them find out what happened to McKinney is urged to call <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/silent-witness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Silent Witness<\/a> at 480-WITNESS (948-6377) or 480-TESTIGO (837-8446) for Spanish speakers.<\/p>\n<p>No other details were made available as this is an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? Pass it along to the KTAR News team <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/man-dead-after-stabbing-in-phoenix\/5742456\/mailto:stories@ktar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 A stabbing in west Phoenix last week led to the death of a 27-year-old man, authorities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":175498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[7155,5229,5643,1587,316,1589,7154,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-175497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-92-3-ktar","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-az","12":"tag-home","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-phoenix-and-arizona-breaking-news-and-news-headlines-home","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115091897247558873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}