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Green Valley man arrested on suspicion of killing roommate

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Posted at 10:45 AM, Jul 11, 2023
and last updated 2023-07-11 20:30:34-04

A 72-year-old man was arrested in Green Valley on Monday night on suspicion of first degree murder.

The man, Stephen Murray, called 9-1-1 at about 9:38 p.m. to report that he shot his roommate and that he was going to commit suicide, according to a news release from the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

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Sheriff's deputies located Murray in a vehicle near the Papago Road Exit off of Interstate 19 and took him into custody.

In a welfare check to Murray's residence in the 1500 block of North Paseo de la Tinaja, deputies found his roommate, 44-year-old Seth Satterwhite dead with obvious signs of trauma.