A 14-year-old Arizona boy has been arrested and charged with shooting his father to death Tuesday afternoon in Glendale.
The boy was caught 170 miles away in Kingman after a high speed chase with state troopers that reached speeds of 130 mph. A trooper deployed a Grappler device to drag the father’s Toyota Camry to a stop, AZFamily reported.
The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. Police found 39-year-old Joshua Lee Goldman dead from multiple gunshot wounds with a holstered handgun in his waistband.
The suspect’s sister told police she was arguing with her father, identified as 39-year-old Joshua Lee Goldman, when her brother stepped in and shot him multiple times. She told police she was on the other side of a closed door and didn’t witness the shooting. Goldman’s daughter also told police that her father and brother were typically armed.
Goldman’s father was also at the home at the time. He told police he heard an argument followed by gunshots but saw nothing. Both witnesses told police that the teen fled the house with friend in the father’s car.
A Ring doorbell camera caught the suspect and his friend running out the house carrying bags. The friend could be heard asking the teen “did you get the gun?” and the teen replies “yeah.”
The boy was taken into custody wearing an empty holster on his belt. A gun was found on the car’s floorboard.
In an interview with police, the teen said that he and his sister lived in Nevada with their father but they were in Glendale visiting the grandfather for the summer. Goldman, the boy said, had been missing for more than a day but showed up “visibly intoxicated” Tuesday afternoon.
The teen said Goldman began yelling at his sister. He demanded she give him her phone and hit her, the boy said. The teen said he yelled at his father to stop, but that Goldman came out of the bedroom reaching for the gun at his waist. He pulled his own gun and fired, telling cops he only wanted his father to stop.
Both the boy’s sister and his friend contradicted portions of his story. The sister said she did argue with her father about her phone but that he did not hit her. She agreed however that he appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
The friend said he didn’t see Goldman reaching for his gun before the boy gunned him down.
The teen, who has not been named because of his age, has been charged with second degree murder and minor in possession of a firearm. It’s not clear if the friend will face any charges.
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[Featured image: Joshua Goldman/Glendale Police Department]