AP Arizona

Man arrested in killing of Special Olympics Team member

Published February 11, 2022 4:56 PM

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police say they have arrested a suspect in the killing of a member of Scottsdale’s Special Olympics Team and adaptive recreation programs. The Scottsdale Police Department said 38-year-old John Merryman was arrested at his home in north Phoenix early Friday. He is a suspect in the killing of 59-year-old Scott Harkness, who was found on the side of a road around 1 a.m. Sunday with a gunshot wound. He later died at a hospital. Scottsdale detectives found a weapon near the crime scene they say was linked forensically to Harkness’s wound and to Merryman, who was being booked into jail.

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