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Two People Dead After Double Shooting in Laveen

Two People Dead After Double Shooting in Laveen

Double Shooting in Laveen Kills Two People

 

According to local police, two people are now dead after a double shooting in the Laveen area on Thursday afternoon.  According to the report, the shooting happened around two,fifty in the afternoon. It happened close to the 55th Lane and Euclid Avenue.

 

Jonathan Howard who is a Phoenix Police Sgt. stated that the officers arrived to the scene and they then found one of the shooting victims was shot in the street.  Police said that the man wasn’t cooperative at first, however he did point out the house to the authorities and that is where they found a body of a second shooting victim inside of the doorway. The second victim had been shot several times.

 

A news video showed that the garage of the home, had some pretty significant damage. Police also believe that the suspect had crashed through the garage door when he tried to flee the scene.

 

There is no definite suspect description at this time. Police, however are looking for a red truck that has visible damage.

 

Police Think Double Shooting is Drug Related

 

The police have stated that even though the investigation process is still pretty early, there have been indications that the double shooting is a drug related crime. Police also believe that a family of “squatters” had been staying at the home and using it as a stash house to hide their drugs.

 

Both of the shooting victims have not been identified at this time. One of the victims is a Hispanic male and an adult Black male.

 

Police are asking that if anyone has any information about this double shooting, drug crime, please call the Phoenix Police Department at 602-262-6141 or the Silent Witness program at 480-948-6377.

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/south-phoenix/phoenix-police-investigating-deadly-double-shooting

 

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Man Indicted for 1998 Toddler Murder

Severe Child Abuse in Phoenix

Man Charged with Killing a Four Year Old Toddler in 1998

 

A family is finally getting some justice for their four year old little girl who was killed in 1998. The investigation was 17 years in the making.  The man who killed the four year old little girl from Arizona was finally arrested on Friday according to the prosecutors. It’s hard to believe that a case that has went on this long is finally getting some closure.

 

The man, Avelino Guzman Tamala was finally indicted last week for the murder charges of the 1998 death of Crystal Reyes. Tamala is fifty-one years old.

 

A col case investigative team from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office was finally able to recently, positively identify the four year old little girl’s remains. Her remains were found on December 1, 1998 near the community of Mobile.

 

The investigators had found some information that indicated that Crystal was actually killed in April 1997, while she was in the care of her mother and Tamala. Guess there goes the “relief for the worried parents” theory I had.  How sick is this? The little girl was buried in a desert not far from Mobile. The investigators were recently able to use Crystal’s biological father’s DNA to positively identify her remains. However, the prosecutors have not stated how the evidence connects Tamala to Crystal’s death.

 

 Breakthrough in Four Year Old’s 17 Year Old Murder Case

 

The officers with the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Tamala without any complications on Friday. He is now to appear in court on February second for the initial pretrial conference.

 

The police are searching for Crystal’s mother, Anna Marlene Reyes who is now forty-eight years old.

 

The County Attorney, Bill Montgomery said that Crystal had been a victim of physical abuse. She even had to have her head shaved and was forced to live in a dog kennel. How sad, that poor child.

 

 Bill Montgomery’s Statement:

Thanks to the diligence of our cold case investigation team in cooperation with our law enforcement partners, we are now able to seek justice for an innocent child whose life was inexcusably and violently cut short.

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/man-charged-in-1998-murder-of-arizona-girl

 

 

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Police Searching for Circle K Robbery Suspect

Police Searching for Circle K Robbery Suspect

Circle K Robbery Suspect Still Not Found

 

In September, the Circle K store had a scare of a lifetime. Police still haven’t been able to find the robbery suspect. Silent Witness is stepping up their game though. They want to find whoever did this. Silent Witness is offering up to $1,000 for any information that would lead to the arrest of the aggravated robbery suspect.

 

The news release stated that a man had entered the Circle K store, which is near the 7th Avenue and the Loop 101 just after four o’clock in the morning back in September on the twenty-first.

 

The robbery suspect then forced the poor, scared clerk as well as a terrified customer to get behind the counter. The two of them were tied up with zip ties (which probably hurt and was very uncomfortable) while the suspect put up the “closed” sign and then zip tied the door. He apparently came armed with zip ties.

 

The suspect fled the robbed store in a silver 1990 Buick. The vehicle did have another person in it. The suspect took some cartons of cigarettes as well as a coin machine tray from inside the store.

 

Robbery Suspect Description

 

The robbery suspect’s description was described as a male who is in his mid forties. He’s around five foot, nine inches tall and weighs around 195 pounds. The man was last seen wearing a red bandanna and has brown hair.  He was also wearing a short-sleeved khaki shirt and light shorts.

 

If you have any information about the aggravated robbery or the suspect, please call 480-Witness. Don’t forget if you are the one who helps Silent Witness catch this man, you could get a $1,000 reward. So, if you don’t have enough courage to come talk to someone about this on your own, maybe the $1,000 will help you out.

 

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/phoenix-circle-k-aggravated-robbery-suspect-sought-reward-offered-for-information

 

 

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Knife Throwing Man Shot By Phoenix Police Officer

Stabbing Incidents in Phoenix

Phoenix Police Officer Shoots a Man Who was Throwing a Knife

 

On Thursday morning, according to the phoenix police, a man who is a suspect in a knife throwing case is still in critical condition after an officer shot the man.

 

Sgt. Jonathan Howard with the Phoenix Police department said that the shooting took place close to the 24th Avenue and Union Hills. The police say that a thirty-five year old man had confronted another man who had just gotten to work. The first man started to childishly throw rocks at the other mans car. The suspect finally took it too far and threw a larger rock and damaged the victim’s vehicle. The victim drove away and called the police.

 

Two officers got to the scene at separate times and started searching for the suspect. One of the officers didn’t have to look hard because he was actually confronted by the suspect. How? The suspect ran up to the police vehicle and started hitting the passenger door as well as the window. The hitting also caused damage to the police car. The policeman says the suspect was screaming “unintelligibly”.

 

The second officer caught up to the situation and saw the suspect beating on the other officer’s vehicle. The suspect then decided to turn on the new officer and threw a knife at him. The knife ended up shattering the windshield.

 

Suspect Throws a Knife at Police Officer

 

Apparently the suspect hadn’t had enough violence for one day so he ran over to the driver’s side door of the officer’s vehicle and then as the officer tried to get out, the suspect raised his hand ready to throw another knife. Having no other choice, the officer shot the man as he started to throw the other knife.

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/reported-officer-involved-shooting-in-phoenix

 

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Local Police Bring Presents to Two Stabbing Victims

Local Police Bring Presents to Two Stabbing Victims

Phoenix Police Officers Bring Gifts To Two Stabbing Victim Children

 

Christmas is the time of giving. Although most people forget about the giving and is pretty much more excited about the getting, that’s not true in every case. There are still some great people left in this world and some of them are Phoenix Police officers.

 

This week some of the most kind Phoenix Police Officers went out of their way to help bring some holiday cheer to two little children who had been attacked by their own mother!

 

According to a local news report, the mother, Brenda Begay had been arrested on Monday for stabbing both of her children. A twelve year old daughter and thirteen year old son. The children of course had to be hospitalized and cared for after their mother brutally turned on them. They are at the hospital recovering and making friends.

 

Kindness From Police Officer Bring Stabbing Victims Holiday Cheer

 

These kind police officers heard about these poor children and that they would be in the care of Child Protective Services as soon as they were released from the hospital. Not only did these poor kids get stabbed but they lost everything due to whatever set their mother off. The officers who were on the call Monday, decided to do something sweet for these children. They all purchased several gifts fro the children and even went to visit them in the hospital on Tuesday. How sweet is that? These officers wanted to give these children a proper Christmas.

 

 The Phoenix Police Department’s Facebook Read:

To say the Phoenix Police officers who responded to the home, to that horror, were profoundly affected by the plight of these children would be a huge understatement.Those officers spent time with the kids and did their best to let them know someone cared, and that they were special, and that they deserved Christmas.

 

If only everyone had these guys’ great attitude and kindness, the world would be a better place.

 

 

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/phoenix-officers-buy-gifts-for-young-stabbing-victims 

 

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Mother Facing Child Charges for Stabbing Her Children

Mother Facing Child Charges for Stabbing Her Children

 Mother Arrested for Stabbing Both of Her Children

 

According to the police, a Valley area mother is now going to face child abuse charges after stabbing both of her children. How could anyone do that?

 

The court documents showed that Brenda Begay had called 911 on Monday. She claimed that both of her kids were dying.  When the police got to the scene at 13th Avenue and Ironwood Drive, what they found was heart breaking. They found a twelve year old girl with a stab wound to her chest.

 

The Phoenix Police investigators say that the young girl woke up to her mother stabbing her. The little girl then told the officers that she ran to her older, (thirteen year old) brother’s room and found that he was lying on the floor. Police say that Begay’s son also had multiple stab wounds to the chest and on his wrist.

 

Neighbor, Jesus Gamez, Statement about the Stabbing

Why would a parent do that to their own child? I want to know what her state of mind was during that time.

 

I doubt you would really want to know what the heck someone was thinking when they murder or attempt to murder someone. Those poor children.

 

The court documents also show that Begay actually admitted to the police that she had wanted her kids to die. She was “trying to protect them” from getting raped. The documents also suggest that Begay might be in-stable.

 

This wasn’t Begay’s first run in with the Department of Child Safety. She has prior cases with them, she was convicted in 2005 in a child abuse case. During the trial, the courts questioned Begay’s mental state. They conducted an evaluation and gave her some medication.  Begay has severed six months in jail and fifteen years probation.

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/valley-mom-brenda-begay-accused-of-stabbing-two-kids

 

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