Overview
- Police say officers contained an apartment at the Acero North Valley complex in north Phoenix and detained Joseph Gabriel Peixotto after ordering occupants to come out.
- Inside the unit, officers found his father, 50-year-old Joseph Elmer Peixotto, who had been shot and died at the scene.
- Investigators report the shooting followed an argument between the father and son inside the apartment.
- Court records describe a roommate hearing the victim say, “You gonna shoot me?” followed by two gunshots, and a 911 caller reported the suspect saying the victim would assault him.
- Detectives documented a black semi-automatic pistol on the kitchen counter and shell casings on the floor, and the son has been booked into jail as the homicide case remains open.