Man shot during house party in Surprise, suspect in custody
SURPRISE, Ariz. - Police say a shooting at a house party in a Surprise neighborhood left a man seriously hurt and another man arrested.
The shooting happened just after 10 p.m. on July 2 near Loop 303 and Cactus Road. Surprise Police say officers responded to the scene and found a man who had been shot.
The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Dozens of witnesses reportedly told police that the suspect pulled out a gun during a physical fight with the victim, and shot the victim several times. The suspect left but was found miles away near his home.
The suspect, 18-year-old Daniel Majok, has been taken into custody in connection to the shooting. Police say a gun was found with him.
Majok is accused of aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a prohibited weapon, unlawful discharge of a firearm, and tampering with physical evidence.
"In this particular case, we had guardians who were out of state, traveling. Teenagers and young folks made probably a poor decision to host a party and what we're finding often times right now in today's society is once they try to throw a party, social media makes that party uncontrollable and I believe that's what happened in this particular case," Sgt. Rick Hernandez said.
18-year-old Daniel Majok
"I didn’t think anything of it until I walked around the corner and that’s when I saw SWAT, so I told my husband to turn on the news," said neighbor TJ Orlandini.
That’s when she found out about the shooting.
Orlandini said the shooting of a baby and a house fire in May, and this shooting, don't change her opinions on her neighborhood. She says those types of incidents could’ve happened anywhere.
"I am a real estate agent, so I show properties all around the Valley. They’re just two incidents that happened to be in our community. There’s a lot of great people moving into this neighborhood but domestic violence and teenagers having parties. That’s just what’s going to happen," she said.