{"id":1004047,"date":"2026-08-16T08:06:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1004047\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T08:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:06:49","slug":"goodyear-house-party-shooting-leaves-1-dead-another-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1004047\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodyear house party shooting leaves 1 dead, another injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kxvbhy9x5s7tb68s.jpg\" alt=\"Deadly house party shooting in Goodyear under investigation\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kxvbhy9x5s7tb68s.jpg\" alt=\"Deadly house party shooting in Goodyear under investigation\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-5a75adc3=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>GOODYEAR, Ariz.<\/strong> &#8211; A man is dead and another is injured following reports of gunshots at a house party in Goodyear overnight.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">There were multiple reports of juveniles and young adults hearing multiple gunshots while leaving a house party near <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/EnSM8ko6TgdhBZkE9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indian School Road and Citrus Road<\/a> in Goodyear just before 2 a.m. on Aug. 15.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a gigantic bullet hole in the back of that white car that was right here, and you can see obviously all of the blood splatter going two houses down,&#8221; neighbor Chris Wagner told FOX 10.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Goodyear Police arrived to a &#8220;chaotic scene,&#8221; and found a man near Indian School Road with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_2913-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Another man suffered a minor graze wound and took himself to a nearby hospital, according to the police department. He has since been treated and released.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Neighbors described how it sounded hearing the overnight gunshots in what some say is a relatively safe area.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;I thought it was fireworks,&#8221; a neighbor said. &#8220;We do get a lot of fireworks going off at odd times, but not gunshots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vcwr56i28wyulhys.jpg\" alt=\"1 killed, another hurt in deadly Goodyear house party shooting\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vcwr56i28wyulhys.jpg\" alt=\"1 killed, another hurt in deadly Goodyear house party shooting\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-5a75adc3=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Just several barrages of gunfire,&#8221; another neighbor added. &#8220;When I looked out the window, the street had tons of cars, kids were running, getting up on people&#8217;s porches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;My husband was up, and he heard multiple noises, bang I guess,&#8221; neighbor Lona Bruncie said. &#8220;He thought they were\u2026they sounded like gunshots\u2026.We&#8217;ve lived here six years. We&#8217;ve never experienced that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Wagner said that the house involved has had problems in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Different teenage issues, kids showing up, fights, that kind of thing, but this, what happened here, that&#8217;s the first time anything like that has ever happened,&#8221; Wagner said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Meanwhile, neighbors are hoping this situation never happens again.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;You think that you live in a safe neighborhood and you hope that you do but unfortunately bad people are in all neighborhoods and bad things can happen,&#8221; Bruncie said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">There are no suspects in custody, and the events leading up to the shooting remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_3191-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police have not said how many people were at the party or who hosted it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Traffic Restrictions:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">As police investigated the active homicide scene, &#8220;with a large investigative footprint,&#8221; drivers were asked to avoid the area of <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/HNZeUy3p7V7wid5Y6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Indian School Road and Loop 303<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> as both directions were restricted on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The neighborhood was blocked off through Saturday evening, but has since cleared.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/JKh8KYW81Hs5oxga7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Map<\/strong><\/a> of the nearby area of the house party shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information in this report was gathered from the Goodyear Police Department and witnesses in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/goodyear\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Goodyear<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GOODYEAR, Ariz. &#8211; 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