PHOENIX — Phoenix police have arrested a suspect allegedly involved in the death of a woman who was killed in a home invasion on July 13.
The shooting took place around 11:20 p.m. near the intersection of 83rd Avenue and Broadway Road, the Phoenix Police Department said.
Officers found 19-year-old Destiny Hernandez with a gunshot wound and pronounced her dead at the scene. The man had a non-life-threatening injury and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
The surviving victim told police multiple people entered the home wearing ski masks and dark clothing, court records show.
On Dec. 29, police said 18-year-old Jvion Gadson-Scott had been identified as one of the suspects involved in the deadly home invasion. He has been booked into jail for first-degree murder.
Investigators arrested the suspect after GPS tracking data and DNA tests allegedly connected him to the incident.
Gadson-Scott denied involvement in the home invasion, court records show.
Marlene Estrada, Hernandez's older sister, said she is grateful to finally have a suspect arrested in this case. "We just hope for the maximum sentence in this case."
However, knowing there are other suspects out there, according to investigators that broke into that house that night, she hopes they end up behind bars as well.
"We want everyone to pay for what happened to my sister," Estrada said.
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