Overview
- Danielle Little, 35, who was confronted Monday morning over an alleged $100 debt at a North Phoenix apartment complex, was shot during the encounter and died on the way to a hospital.
- Police arrested neighbor Daniel Rombach Jr., 21, who is charged with second-degree murder and held on a $1 million cash-only bond, with a preliminary hearing set for March 30.
- The dispute traces to a minor fender bender about a month earlier, when Little agreed to pay $100 but struggled to do so while paying rent, according to her family, who have launched a GoFundMe for funeral costs.
- A neighbor’s recording shows Little being shot at point-blank range, and records say she told her children to go inside moments before one child stood nearby as the shot was fired.
- Court documents say Rombach told police he did not mean to kill Little and said he brought a borrowed pistol to scare the couple during the argument.