Grandmother shot, killed granddaughter in Buckeye: police
BUCKEYE, Ariz. - A woman who allegedly shot and killed her granddaughter on Sunday afternoon in Buckeye has been taken into custody.
The shooting happened just after 4 p.m. at a home near Baseline and Miller Roads.
Buckeye Police say officers responded to the scene, where a woman in her 50s came out of the home and was detained.
Officers went inside the home and found an unresponsive woman in her early-30s with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman in her 70s allegedly shot and killed her granddaughter at a home near 254th Avenue and Carson Drive on Dec. 15 in Buckeye.
A third person inside the home, a woman in her 70s, was also detained. Police say there was a gun near her when she was taken into custody.
"Information gathered on scene suggests this was a domestic violence incident involving a grandmother, mother and granddaughter and that the grandmother shot the granddaughter," police said.
No identities were released.