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Phoenix Police Kill 55 Year Old Shooter

Phoenix Police Kill 55 Year Old Shooter

55 Year Old Man Killed By Police For Shooting at Them

 

An older man of fifty-five years old has been killed by the phoenix police. The man was shot by the responding officers after he started shooting at the officers from his front porch. The shooter was armed with five guns.

According to a Phoenix Police Officer, James Holmes, the first shots were fired at around 10:15 on Monday night.

 

Holmes Statement about the Shooting

People living in the area called police saying they were hearing gunshots.

According to Officer Holmes, the officers had hear an additional shot when they approached the intersection of 15th Avenue and Bethany Home Road.  The Phoenix officers then went to the home where they believed that the shots were coming from. However, as they were talking to the homeowner the officers started to get shot at from another direction. The investigating officers quickly took cover and were able to figure out where the shooting was coming from. According to Officer Holmes, the officers saw a man standing on his front porch with a rifle.

Police told the local NEWS that at least dozens of shots were fired. The officers quickly called for back up as the man continued his rifle assault on them. As the man kept shooting the police had a police helicopter come to the scene. However, the helicopter had to land after the man had started to also shoot at the police helicopter.

Officer Holmes’ Statement about the Shooting

In 18 years I can’t remember a time when someone blatantly turned to an aircraft and started shooting at it.

After the police again took cover, the officers shot and killed the fifty-five year old shooter. They shot the man while he was standing on his own back porch. Police are investigating the mans criminal and mental health records to hopefully find out why the man had started shooting at the authorities in the first place.

Holmes’ statement about the Shooter

We have to sort all of this out because it is very very hard for us to fathom that a person without cause it going to be armed to the teeth on his porch and just randomly start shooting at police officers when they show up.

Luckily there were no other people were harmed during the shootout. A couple of the shooter’s bullets did go into some nearby houses but everyone was ok.

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/police-dodge-bullets-after-responding-to-shots-fired-call

 

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Police Searching for Four Suspects in Fatal Stabbing

Police Searching for Four Suspects in Fatal Stabbing

Phoenix Police Looking for Fatal Stabbing Suspects

On June 27th Phoenix Police have started a search for four suspects who were involved in a stabbing that sadly killed a man inside of his apartment.

Tommy Thompson, who is a spokesman for the police department said that nineteen year old Johnathan Hollinquist was stabbed to death inside of his home. The residence was located near Black Canyon Boulevard and Carefree Highway.

According to Mr. Thompson, Johnathan was asleep on the couch when three or four men unwelcome entered his home. He says that then one of the unwelcome men had gotten into an argument with Johnathan over a previous “conflict”.

During the conflict, the man allegedly stabbed Johnathan. Johnathan was then taken to a local hospital but sadly died from his injuries.

The police officials have identified one of the stabbing suspects as nineteen year old Geraldo Silberia Jr. also known as “Bemo”.

According to the report, all four of the suspects fled the scene. The investigators described the suspects as “Hispanic” but sadly had no other information on the suspects at this time.

Police Need Help Finding the Stabbing Suspects

Police are asking that anyone with any information on the suspects or the crime to please contact the Phoenix Police at 602-262-6151 or the Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/north-phoenix/man-killed-in-north-phoenix-stabbing

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Phoenix Father Arrested for Baby’s Drowning

Phoenix Father Arrested for Baby's Drowning

Phoenix Father Leaves Baby In Bath By Itself

A Phoenix father has recently been arrested on homicide-related allegations for his three month old baby drowned in a bathtub. According to the court records, the father is being held on $180,000 bond.

Phoenix Police and the Fire Crews responded to the home that is located near the 27th Avenue and Van Buren Street on late Tuesday morning. They received a call that a child was not responding after the child was found in the bathtub.

The Young Father was Arrested

The young child’s father was arrested by the investigators by late afternoon. The nineteen year old father, Carlos Humberto Castillo, for the suspicion of second-degree murder as well as child abuse. The investigators made sure to emphasize the father’s “extreme indifference to human life” in the charging documents that was released on Wednesday morning.

The young father told the police that he had left the three month old baby and the other two children that were in the home (ages 1, and 3) in the bathtub with the water running so he could take a nap.

The three month old infant was found floating in the bath tub and had his eyes closed. When Castillo had found the baby he grabbed the baby and tried to get assistance from his girlfriend.

The baby’s grandmother tried to save the baby’s life by administrating CPR until the emergency workers arrived.

The baby was quickly taken to the Phoenix Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The father, claimed that he was only asleep for “two minutes” however the records show that his cousin had woke him up because the bathtub had overflowed and had began to flow underneath of the bedroom door.

When the police arrived to the scene, they said that the water was literally flowing out of the front door.

Luckily the other two children were not injured as well. The father is facing charges of child abuse because he left the children in a “dangerous situation”.

Source: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/06/11/phoenix-drowning-death-arrest-abrk/10322901/

 

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Son Gets Attacked While Talking on Phone to His Father

Son Gets Attacked While Talking on Phone to His Father

Young Man Gets Attacked While on The Phone With His Father

A parent’s worse nightmare is something happening to their child, how awful would it be to hear your child being attacked while you were on the phone with them? That’s what happened on Thursday Afternoon.

The Phoenix Police are now investigating a homicide where a twenty-two year old was shot and killed.

The Phoenix Police spokesman says that the Phoenix police had responded to a call that brought them to an apartment complex near 12800 N. Cave Creek Road. This was around 1:30 p.m. and after they got the call from the father of the young man who lived in the complex.

According to the police report, the caller on the phone claimed he was on the phone with his 18 year old son when he heard a “scuffle”. After trying several times to reach his son on the phone again, he couldn’t get through so he called the police so they could see what was going on over there.

The report stated that the officers found a 22 year old with fatal gunshot wounds when they arrived to the apartment. While they were investigating, the 18 year old resident was questioned as well as a female friend.  According to the young man and woman, the 22 year old had entered the 18 year old’s apartment, the 22 year old was armed with a gun and demanding items of value.

The 18 year old and the 22 year old men began to fight, which resulted in the death of the 22 year old by being shot. The 18 year old resident also sustained an injury in the fight. He was later released from police custody after he was questioned.

 Sgt. Martos’s comment on the attack

The investigation is ongoing and the case will be submitted to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for possible charges

Source: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/04/25/phoenix-police-investigate-year-olds-killing-abrk/8152225/