Buckeye police arrest suspect after double shooting leaves father dead, teenage daughter wounded

BUCKEYE, Ariz. - Police say a man is dead, and his teenage daughter is injured following a shooting early Thursday morning at a Buckeye home.

What we know:

Just before 1 a.m. on Aug. 27, Buckeye police say officers responded to the Sienna Hills neighborhood near Verrado Way and McDowell Road for reports of shots fired. A Buckeye Police Department sergeant who had just gone off duty, in uniform and driving a marked patrol car, was driving down the street when the call came out.

Once at the scene, she found a 17-year-old girl with a gunshot wound. She was taken to a hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries. Inside the home, police say officers found the girl's father, who has since been identified as 36-year-old David Washington, dead from gunshot wounds.

"That's the shooter"

What they're saying:

Police say the suspect, 22-year-old Jesus Lastra Perez, has been booked into jail for murder. A weapon was also recovered.

"We had a sergeant who was still in full uniform driving her marked vehicle, just got off shift and was on her way home when she heard the call kick out and realize that she was pretty close to the area where the incident had occurred," said Carissa Planalp, a Buckeye police spokesperson. "So she immediately responded to the areas. She encounters a lage group of people who are pointing to an individual. They say, ‘That’s the shooter. That's the shooter.'" The sergeant engages the suspect, gives him commands, and the suspect complies and was detained without any incident."

There is no ongoing threat to the community.

"We realize this is a very large scene. It is very upsetting for people to wake up in the morning, first thing, seeing police lights outside their door," Planalp said. "We want people to understand that there is no ongoing threat to the community."

Neighbors rattled

What they're saying:

What is normally a quiet Buckeye street became filled with police cars and crime tape, leaving nervous neighbors unsure of what to think.

"I have my mom living with us saying she’s hard she can’t hear but she saw the lights in her window and she called us and that’s when we got up maybe 130 in the morning and I don’t think we slept since then," said Minerva, a neighbor.

As the investigation continues, neighbors are trying to go about their daily lives while hoping for the best for the people involved.

"No, we’re just sorry that that happened and I know there’s a little boy that wants to school and stuff and it was very sad to see him," Minerva said.

Dig deeper:

Police say a large, blended family lives at the home and investigators believe the shooting happened after a fight broke out inside. The suspect also lives at the home.

What we don't know:

Buckeye police said Perez, the suspect, is the victim's former stepson and is facing murder charges – but the motive for the shooting remains a mystery.

Map of where the shooting happened:

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