{"id":438124,"date":"2025-12-10T15:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/438124\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:40:26","slug":"suspect-arrested-in-connection-to-2024-murder-in-central-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/438124\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested in connection to 2024 murder in central Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Nearly two years after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2024\/01\/16\/man-dead-woman-hurt-after-shooting-near-i-17-phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2024\/01\/16\/man-dead-woman-hurt-after-shooting-near-i-17-phoenix\/\">shooting left a man dead and a woman hurt<\/a> in central Phoenix, police have made an arrest in the case. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Phoenix police announced that on Tuesday, authorities arrested Gary Cole Jr., 47, for the murder of Willie Earl Dodd, 62. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Phoenix police announced that on Tuesday, authorities arrested Gary Cole, Jr., 47, for the...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XJNLGFTFKBEAJPMUZLEX4ADRUU.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Phoenix police announced that on Tuesday, authorities arrested Gary Cole, Jr., 47, for the murder of Willie Earl Dodd, 62.(Arizona&#8217;s Family\/Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Cole Jr. was booked on charges of first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence, discharging a firearm within city limits and violating his probation. Investigators did provide information on where or how Cole Jr. was found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">On Jan. 15, 2024, around 10 p.m., officers were called to a shooting near <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/FGq267gFEYpdqW4n9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/FGq267gFEYpdqW4n9\">27th Avenue and Hazelwood Street<\/a>, just east of Interstate 17. Dodd and a woman were shot and rushed to the hospital, where Dodd died from his injuries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">No suspects were found at the time, which led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2024\/01\/24\/officials-seeking-information-after-man-shot-death-central-phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2024\/01\/24\/officials-seeking-information-after-man-shot-death-central-phoenix\/\">Silent Witness offering<\/a> a reward for tips leading to the arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. 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