An Arizona man has been sentenced to death in a string of fatal shootings in metro Phoenix in 2017.

In a story published Sept. 29, 2025, about the sentencing phase of Cleophus Cooksey Jr.'s trial in Phoenix, The Associated Press erroneously reported one of his convictions.

An Arizona jury has convicted a man accused of killing eight people during a shooting spree in the metro Phoenix area in 2017.

Lawyers have made opening statements at the trial of a man charged with carrying out eight fatal shootings in the Phoenix area over a three-week span in 2017.