Log in

First responders

Murder-suicide reported in Apache Junction

An Apache Junction teenager called 911 Sunday to report his father shot his mother, police said.

“Last night our officers responded to a terrible tragedy,” AJPD Chief Michael Pooley said in a statement on Facebook @ApacheJunctionPD.

“On June 12 around 8 p.m. AJPD received a 911 call from a 13-year-old male stating his father just shot his mother multiple times. Officers responded to the residence in the area of Tomahawk Road and Superstition Boulevard where they located both the suspect deceased with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his wife who had also been shot. Officers located the victim in the residence and provided lifesaving measures which were unsuccessful,” it states.

You must be a member to read this story.

Join our family of readers starting at $5 for your first month and support local, unbiased journalism.


Already have an account? Log in to continue.

Otherwise, follow the link below to join.

Please log in to continue

Log in
I am anchor
First responders

Murder-suicide reported in Apache Junction

Posted

An Apache Junction teenager called 911 Sunday to report his father shot his mother, police said.

“Last night our officers responded to a terrible tragedy,” AJPD Chief Michael Pooley said in a statement on Facebook @ApacheJunctionPD.

“On June 12 around 8 p.m. AJPD received a 911 call from a 13-year-old male stating his father just shot his mother multiple times. Officers responded to the residence in the area of Tomahawk Road and Superstition Boulevard where they located both the suspect deceased with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his wife who had also been shot. Officers located the victim in the residence and provided lifesaving measures which were unsuccessful,” it states.

 

AJPD, police, shooting

Share with others


Have an opinion on this story? Click here to send a letter to our editors.

Comments

No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here