{"id":370584,"date":"2025-11-11T02:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T02:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/370584\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T02:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T02:47:11","slug":"teen-girl-killed-in-shooting-at-avondale-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/370584\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen girl killed in shooting at Avondale apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 A 17-year-old girl is dead after a shooting at an apartment in Avondale on Saturday morning, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Avondale Police Department, officers were dispatched to an apartment near <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/FftXfcdf3wCExA2E6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rancho Santa Fe Boulevard and McDowell Road<\/a> for reports of a shooting around 6:27 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Police who responded to the scene reportedly found 17-year-old Rhiana Kemplin suffering from a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Kemplin was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died from her injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts go out to Rhiana\u2019s family, friends and all those affected by this heartbreaking loss,\u201d Avondale Police Department Spokesperson Jenny Chavez said in a press release. \u201cThe Avondale Police Department extends its deepest condolences during this incredibly difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A suspect has not been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting, but the investigation is ongoing, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact the Avondale Police Department at 623-333-7000.<\/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\/teen-girl-dead-shooting-avondale\/5774042\/mailto:stories@ktar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/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\/08\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 A 17-year-old girl is dead after a shooting at an apartment in Avondale on Saturday morning,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":370585,"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-370584","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\/115528783989593027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370584","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=370584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}