Woman accused of shooting, killing ex-boyfriend in west Phoenix
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Police say a woman has been arrested after shooting and killing her ex-boyfriend in west Phoenix on Sunday after roommates say she was “waving a gun and acting paranoid.”
Phoenix police responded to reports of a person with a gun in a home near 83rd Avenue and Camelback Road around 8 a.m. Court papers say a woman told officers that her roommate, 44-year-old Michelle Waller, threatened her and others in the house with a gun. While officers were on their way, the woman reportedly said she could hear several gunshots from inside the house and that Waller got into a car and sped away.
Officers arrived at the home and found Waller’s ex-boyfriend, Michael Hill, shot in the face and chest. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Francine McGery is Hill’s mom and says she and her other son had moved in with Waller and her mom in November. Hill moved in with them all in January. They were set to move out on Monday, but Sunday, McGeary says, things took a turn for the worst. “We’re in disbelief still and in pain,” she said. “It just hurts so bad you know; that he was taken away so violently and left us devasted.”
According to police papers, Waller’s mother overheard her daughter yelling that her roommates were trying to take the house away from her. That’s when Waller reportedly pointed a gun at her roommate and her son, saying she was going to kill them, and the two left the house to call the police. The roommate then heard shots ring out. The roommate’s son told investigators he believed Waller meant to shoot and kill him.
Police papers say Waller’s mother heard the gunshots, and her daughter came into her room saying she’d shot her boyfriend and left the house. She told investigators that her daughter had taken her gun out of her room without permission on Saturday.
Hill had been in a wheelchair since he was 16 when his half-brother shot him in the head. McGeary described Waller’s behavior leading up to the shooting. “She would be fine one day and the next day just a different person all together,” she explained. “I felt really like something was terribly wrong. She was fanning this gun around and threatening.”
Waller was found on Monday and arrested. She’s facing various charges, including first-degree premeditated murder and aggravated assault, and is being held on a $1 million bond.
Tiffany Morrison, Hill’s sister-in-law, is pleading for Waller to be held accountable. “We want justice. We definitely want justice, it’s only right. It won’t bring him back, but it’ll bring peace,” she said. There is a GoFundMe set up for Hill. If you would like to donate, click/tap here.
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