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Aaron Ware Sentenced to Life for Ambush of Phoenix Detective and 2022 Shootings

Separate 2025 convictions followed forensic evidence tying recovered guns to the attack.

Overview

  • Ware was sentenced on Oct. 14 to life in prison plus more than five decades for multiple June 2022 shootings, according to prosecutors.
  • Investigators say Ware and co-defendant Ahmani Gordon opened fire with 19 rounds on an undercover detective in Laveen, seriously wounding her.
  • Police arrested both men at a nearby home shortly after the ambush, and ballistics linked seized guns and shell casings to the crime.
  • Ware was found guilty in two trials of charges including attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, drive-by shooting and related firearm offenses.
  • Gordon, charged only in the detective attack, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.