(First InMaricopa) Maricopa police are investigating a late-night shooting that left a man dead inside an apartment near Loma and Smith-Enke Roads after an ex-boyfriend was found hiding in a bathroom, according to a department statement to InMaricopa this morning.

Officers responded to the 45700 block of Village Parkway at about 11:34 p.m. yesterday after a woman reported she had entered her apartment with her boyfriend to grab personal items. Inside, they found her ex-boyfriend hiding in the bathroom. Police said the woman held an order of protection against him.

A confrontation followed. During the struggle, the current boyfriend fired a gun and struck the ex-boyfriend, who died from his injuries. Police have not released his name pending next of kin notification.

The couple called

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