{"id":190417,"date":"2025-09-01T01:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T01:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/190417\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T01:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T01:04:24","slug":"two-men-kill-each-other-during-fight-near-downtown-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/190417\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men kill each other during fight near downtown Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/08\/30\/2-men-critical-condition-after-shooting-central-phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/08\/30\/2-men-critical-condition-after-shooting-central-phoenix\/\">A fight between two men near downtown Phoenix on Saturday morning<\/a> resulted in both their deaths, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">According to investigators, 37-year-old Warren Middlebrooks Jr. and 28-year-old Malik Hopkins got into a scuffle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/1000+N+22nd+Pl,+Phoenix,+AZ+85006\/@33.4581923,-112.0329002,17.87z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x872b0de4f88d3d51:0x18083e2f9db9b821!8m2!3d33.4586118!4d-112.0328158!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/1000+N+22nd+Pl,+Phoenix,+AZ+85006\/@33.4581923,-112.0329002,17.87z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x872b0de4f88d3d51:0x18083e2f9db9b821!8m2!3d33.4586118!4d-112.0328158!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">near 24th Street and Roosevelt Street around 7:45 a.m<\/a>. A knife and a gun were pulled out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">It\u2019s unclear who had which weapon but police said they were fighting over the gun. When first responders arrived, Hopkins was stabbed and shot, while Middlebrooks was only shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Both were taken to the hospital, where they later died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">No one else was involved. Police didn\u2019t say what the fight was about. An investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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