A teenager was shot and killed Saturday night following an apartment barbecue in Phoenix, according to police.

The victim was identified by police as Matthew Ballesteros, 17.

Phoenix police officers were dispatched just before midnight to an apartment complex near 39th Avenue and McDowell Road where they found Ballesteros suffering from gunshot wounds and took him to a hospital where he died.

Detectives were at the scene investigating. Police said early information suggested that Ballesteros, his shooter and a witness were together at the apartment complex's common area having a barbecue before the shooting happened.

Police said they have not arrested the suspect and were still investigating what led to the shooting.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Teen killed after apartment barbecue in Phoenix