Updated: Monday, June 28, 2021 - 6:19pm
Phoenix police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting Friday of 15-year-old girl Graciela Molina. After two days of knocking on doors and interviewing witnesses, the department took 35-year-old Fernando Pina into custody on multiple charges, among them reckless manslaughter and endangerment, on Sunday evening.
Pina was suspected of firing his gun at a block wall separating a utility lot and the neighborhood of Molina. One of the bullets missed Pina s target and entered through Molina s second-floor bedroom window, striking her in the neck. Her room was set in between her father s and her 11-year-old sister.
Police Chief Jeri Williams
Two top officials within the Phoenix Police Department are now home sick with COVID-19 as the virus’ winter surge continues across Arizona.
Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now quarantining at home. Her Executive Assistant Chief Michael Kurtenbach previously tested positive and plans to return from quarantine next week.
Williams has mild symptoms and has kept working remotely, police spokesman Sgt. Andy Williams said on Friday, adding that police operations haven’t been negatively impacted.
“The Phoenix Police Department is made up of the community, and we re experiencing challenges with COVID-19 just like everyone else. And we re taking the same steps that we recommend everyone else take, which is wearing a mask (and) socially distancing, Williams said. Just those same protocols that you keep hearing us push out, we are actually practicing those here as well.
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Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams, Executive Assistant Chief test positive for COVID-19
Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams tests positive for COVID-19.
and last updated 2021-01-04 08:03:01-05
PHOENIX â Phoenix police Chief Jeri Williams and Executive Assistant Chief Michael Kurtenbach have both tested positive for COVID-19, the department said Friday.
Williams and Kurtenbach are experiencing mild symptoms, according to a statement released by officials.
Both are working from home while they quarantine, and Executive Assistant Chief Kurtenbach will return early next week after previously testing positive, officials said. Nearly 450,000 Arizonans have tested positive for COVID-19, and now Chief Jeri Williams is one of them, the department said in a Facebook post Friday afternoon.