PHOENIX — A man was taken into custody after telling officers he shot his mother Wednesday evening, the Phoenix Police Department said.
The man, 33-year-old Robert Kistner, called police and told them his mom had been shot and she was dying, the department said. Kistner came outside with his hands up when officers arrived at the scene and told them he had shot his mom twice.
Officers put Kistner into handcuffs and found his mom, 60-year-old Monique Kistner, unresponsive inside the home, police said. She was moved out of the house by Phoenix Fire Department personnel where she was pronounced dead.
Kistner has been charged with first-degree murder and has been booked into Maricopa County jail, the department said.
Police have yet to release information of the events leading up to the shooting. The investigation at the home near the intersection of 5th Avenue and Chandler Boulevard is still ongoing.
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