BUCKEYE, Ariz. — A grand jury has formally indicted an 18-year-old man for three counts of first-degree murder for a Buckeye shooting that killed the defendant’s pregnant ex-girlfriend and wounded two others.
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The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced Michael Sanchez has been charged with murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault for the May 14 shooting outside a home near Miller and Lower Buckeye roads. Rylee Montgomery, 16, was killed in the shooting.
Montgomery’s friends, a pregnant 17-year-old and a 22-year-old woman, sustained critical injuries in the shooting. The 17-year-old’s baby was delivered through emergency surgery and did not survive, officials said.
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The three murder counts against Sanchez are for Montgomery and the two babies.
Montgomery’s family told 12News that Sanchez was the father of Montgomery’s unborn baby.
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Sanchez is being held without bond.