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Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

A 21-year-old man was found shot to death early Wednesday morning in South Tucson, officials said.

South Tucson police went to the 3000 block of South Sixth Avenue, north of Interstate 10, about 1 a.m. after reports of gunfire, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.

The found the body of Lionel Mathews, 21.

The Sheriff’s Department is handling the homicide investigation for South Tucson, the release said.

Anyone with information is asked to call call 911 or 88-CRIME, the anonymous tipster line.

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Eddie Celaya is a breaking news reporter and host of the β€œHere Weed Go!” podcast. He graduated from Pima Community College and the University of Arizona and has been with the Arizona Daily Star since May 2019.