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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Broken-down authentic baseball participant Charles Haeger, sought within the shooting loss of life of his ex-female friend in a Phoenix suburb, develop into found lifeless Saturday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Grand Canyon, police mentioned.
Haeger’s body develop into found at about 4 p.m. on a rush alongside the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona, Sgt. Ben Hoster, a Scottsdale Police Division spokesman, mentioned in a press liberate Saturday evening.
Police were looking out out Haeger, 37, on suspicion of abolish and aggravated assault within the fatal shooting Friday, Hoster mentioned.
The sufferer develop into recognized by police Saturday evening as Danielle Breed, 34. Breed owned The Tipsy Coyote Bar and Grill in Scottsdale, the Arizona Republic reported.
Earlier Saturday, Haeger’s unoccupied automobile develop into found near Flagstaff in northern Arizona, police mentioned. Flagstaff is 118 miles north of Scottsdale.
Haeger, a knuckleball pitcher, develop into drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 2001, and he pitched 83 innings within the principle leagues from 2006 to 2010. His occupation included stints with the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox organizations.
Hoster mentioned investigators sure that a male roommate of the sufferer heard gunshots when he returned to the draw Friday and that moments later Haeger emerged from the sufferer’s bedroom with a handgun.
“Haeger then pointed the handgun at the roommate. The roommate instant escaped out of the relieve of the draw, and he develop into ready to acquire a neighbor to name 911,” Hoster mentioned in a press liberate.
Responding police found the sufferer lifeless in her bedroom, Hoster mentioned.
The Associated Press contributed to this file.
