Suspect at large after killing store clerk in Arizona City

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Officers found a clerk at an Arizona City market dead early Sunday and the search for the killer began.

At 7:15 a.m. Sunday, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office and Arizona City Fire responded to The Sunlite Market in Arizona City, a town located off Interstate 10 near Casa Grande, for a welfare check.

The caller who reported the incident said the clerk was injured and not breathing. When officers arrived, they determined the clerk was dead and identified a suspect from surveillance footage.

The suspect has been described as a middle-aged Black man with facial hair who was wearing a white T-shirt that reads "USA ALL DAY," black pants, Jordan shoes, and a black baseball style hat with a palm tree on the front.

The suspect is considered armed and dangerous and is wanted for first-degree homicide related to this incident.

Please call 911 if you see this suspect or call 520-866-5111 with any additional information.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Suspect at large after killing store clerk in Arizona City