Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here
Otherwise, follow the link below to join.
To Our Valued Readers –
Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.
For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.
Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.
Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.
Need to set up your free e-Newspaper all-access account? click here.
Non-subscribers
Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.
Register to comment
Click here create a free account for posting comments.
Note that free accounts do not include access to premium content on this site.
I am anchor
Goodyear man with thoughts of killing shoots at friend
Posted
Chris Caraveo
Independent Newsmedia
A night in Goodyear almost turned deadly between two friends after one of them had thoughts of killing someone, according to records.
The incident occurred Friday night in the area of Indian School Road and the Loop 303, where a 23-year-old man and a juvenile male were initially driving to a house to smoke marijuana, records show.
Jamal Grant (MCSO)
Witnesses called and told police about a fight between two people near the freeway, and that one of them was choking the other.
A male victim later called police, saying he had been shot twice and that the suspect was associated with a White Mustang.
Arriving officers saw two vehicles leave the area and stopped both. One of them was the vehicle the victim described, and was driven by Jamal Rashawn Grant, 23, a friend of the victim.
A witness at the scene confirmed Mr. Grant as the suspect. He refused to talk to police.
At the hospital, the victim told police that while smoking marijuana with Mr. Grant, the 23-year-old began telling the victim that everyone around him is dying and that he wanted to kill someone “tonight with a smile on his face.”
After Mr. Grant allegedly pulled out a knife from his vehicle and threatened his friend, the victim attempted to leave the area. Mr. Grant then allegedly shot two rounds at the juvenile, who was saved any further harm when a witness drove by and honked her horn. The victim entered her vehicle and the two left the area.
The victim was later treated and released from the hospital, but Officer Lisa Kutis said she doesn't believe he was formally admitted at the time.
Mr. Grant is in jail on a $750,000 bond on charges including attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, discharging a firearm within city limits, disorderly conduct and criminal damage.
Ms. Kutis, when asked about witnesses stopping to help someone in a situation like the above, said there is no absolute answer.
"It is based on circumstances and the witness or passerby’s comfort level on how involved they wish to become," Ms. Kutis said. "The top priority of the Goodyear Police Department is the safety of the public. The most important thing is to always report crimes or suspicious activity by calling police. Being a good witness is important, be aware of details such as suspect description, vehicle description, etc."
Jamal Grant (MCSO)
