Girl, 16, dies after being shot in head in Phoenix

A 16-year-old died Tuesday morning after the vehicle she was traveling in was shot at, officials said.

At around 12:48 a.m., Melissa Vigil, 16, was traveling in a pickup truck with four other people in the 2200 block of West Hidalgo Avenue. Several male suspects ran out of a house and shot at the vehicle, hitting Vigil, a Phoenix Police Department press release said.

Vigil's friends rushed her to the South Mountain Precinct, where an officer performed CPR until she was taken to a local hospital where she later died.

No further information was available about the several male suspects who shot at the vehicle and investigations were still pending Tuesday morning.

Anyone with information can call the Phoenix Police Department Violent Crimes Bureau at (602) 262-6141 or “SILENT WITNESS” at (480) W-I-T-N-E-S-S. For Spanish, call (480) T-E-S-T-I-G-O.