PHOENIX — A woman has died after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds and injuries she sustained after the car she was riding in crashed into a Phoenix home on Saturday.
The Phoenix Police Department has since arrested a man, the victim's boyfriend, who was driving the car at the time of the crash.
The crash happened in the area of 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road. Officers arrived and identified two people in the vehicle, officials said.
Officers located 25-year-old Mikayla Ballesteros at the scene, who had also suffered multiple gunshot wounds as well as injuries from the crash, officials said. The driver of the car, 37-year-old Carnell Cunningham, also sustained injuries from the crash.
Both Ballesteros and Cunningham were transported to a local hospital, where Ballesteros was later pronounced dead.
Cunningham was soon released from the hospital, but was then taken to Phoenix Police headquarters to be interviewed. Detectives then developed probabale cause to arrest Cunningham for the incident.
There were no reported injuries among the occupants of the home, officials said.
An investigation is ongoing.
This is a developing story. 12 News will update with more information.