Joshua Gonzales, 20-years-old, has been arrested in connection to the road rage shooting death of 10-year-old Summerbell Brown in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been charged with first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated assault.
According to Phoenix police, Gonzales, 20, opened fire at Dharquintium Brown and his 10-year-old daughter Summerbell Brown while sitting in his white Ford truck on Wednesday, April 3. Summerbell was asleep in the back of her father’s car when she was killed.
Summerbell died of her injuries on the morning of Thursday, April 4, while Dharquintium Brown, who was also injured in the shooting, is expected to recover.
Gonzales, who has had “numerous” run-ins with authorities in recent years, has since been arrested by police and taken to jail.
Additionally, Summerbell’s mother Taniesha Brown spoke to My Sun Coast about Gonzales and the shooting, saying that he had a “deranged” look and appeared to be “high on something.”
“I looked at him dead in the face, he had this deranged look, like, he looked like he was high on something,” Brown said.
“His pupils were dilated. As soon as I looked at him in his eyes, he just ‘boom, boom, boom, boom, boom’ through the car. He didn’t even reach the gun outside the window, he shot through his door,” she continued.
“This is just heartbreaking. “I’m going to miss her every day, think about her every day,” she added.
“She was just a baby. There was no reason for her to be taken like this,” said Taniesha Brown.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Summerbell Brown’s friends, family, and various loved ones during this extremely difficult time.
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