{"id":485181,"date":"2026-01-01T17:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/485181\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T17:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:20:29","slug":"suspect-in-deadly-shooting-between-rival-motorcyclists-extradited-to-az-booked-into-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/485181\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in deadly shooting between rival motorcyclists extradited to AZ, booked into jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/t3uctign5641zfro.jpg\" alt=\"Suspect in deadly Phoenix motorcycle shooting jailed\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>PHOENIX<\/strong> &#8211; A suspect in a deadly confrontation between rival motorcycle riders in Phoenix has been extradited to Arizona and booked into jail.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The incident happened just before 1 p.m. on Nov. 28. Phoenix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Police<\/strong><\/a> say officers responded to a motorcycle crash near <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/J4cKeMT3G1xMyMwr7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interstate 17 and 7th Avenue<\/a> and found a motorcyclist with multiple gunshot wounds. Another motorcyclist was also found with life-threatening injuries. A third man involved, who was driving a car, was not hurt, but was at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Both motorcyclists were taken to a hospital where they died. They were identified as 53-year-old Job Martinez and 36-year-old Scott Kikes.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Investigators say both motorcyclists were stopped at a red light when one of them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/motorcyclist-shot-suspected-gunman-hit-car-after-fight-breaks-out-police\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>opened fire<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;The driver of a car nearby saw the man shooting and hit him with his car, causing life-threatening injuries,&#8221; Sgt. Jen Zak said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Martinez was identified as the alleged shooter. He died after being hit by a car. Kikes was identified as the shooting victim.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The driver was detained, but was ultimately released, pending further investigation.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Update:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The third suspect in connection with the deadly shooting, 50-year-old Michael Zavala, was arrested in South Carolina and has been brought back to the Valley to face charges. He made his initial court appearance on Jan. 1 and was booked into jail on murder and robbery charges.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zavala-mugshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Zavala is being held on a $1 million cash bond.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Another suspect, 37-year-old Nicholas Sheehan, was arrested last month and booked into jail.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nicholas-sheehan.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/J4cKeMT3G1xMyMwr7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Map<\/strong><\/a><strong> of where the shooting happened<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The Phoenix Police Department, Maricopa County Superior Court and a FOX 10 report on Dec. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/phoenix\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX &#8211; A suspect in a deadly confrontation between rival motorcycle riders in Phoenix has been extradited to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":485182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-485181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-phoenix","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\/115820995070175206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485181","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=485181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}