Phoenix police are investigating a fatal shooting at a hotel on North Black Canyon Highway.

About 1:30 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to the Premier Inns Metro Center, near Interstate 17 and Peoria Avenue, and found a man with critical injuries, police said.

The victim, 40-year-old Aaron Townsend, was transported to a hospital where he later died, police said.

Townsend entered the hotel room and demanded money from two men, police said. They refused and Townsend pointed his gun at an unknown person. One of the men shot Townsend as he continued to point his gun at that person, according to police.

Yellow crime scene tape blocked access to a building at the rear of the hotel. A handful of officers appeared to be working near a room on the second level of the building.

Officers are speaking with another man who "appears to be involved," according to Sgt. Mercedes Fortune, a spokeswoman for the Phoenix Police Department.

The investigation is ongoing.

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