Current:Home > InvestA baby is shot, a man dies and a fire breaks out: What to know about the Arizona standoff -TruePath Finance
A baby is shot, a man dies and a fire breaks out: What to know about the Arizona standoff
View
Date:2025-04-13 08:41:07
A baby was shot and left in critical condition and a man has died after a weekend standoff and house fire in Surprise, Arizona.
Officials told the Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, that 51-year-old Todd Christopher Marchetti broke into a house in Surprise around 3 a.m. Friday and held a woman and her 6-month-old baby hostage. The standoff ended around 3 p.m. when the house caught fire, and Marchetti was found dead from what police said to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Surprise is located in Maricopa County in Arizona, about 16 miles northwest of Glendale and 35 miles northwest of Phoenix.
A Monday press conference is planned by Surprise police about the standoff and will involve members of agencies involved.
Here's what to know about the incident.
'Staggering' fraud:Arizona woman, 3 North Koreans charged in scheme that raised nearly $7M
What happened at the standoff in Surprise, Arizona?
Officers responded to the home at 11:30 a.m. Friday after receiving a 911 call from the mother, who had found help from a nearby construction crew. Officers heard multiple rounds fired upon arriving at the house, and one Surprise police officer fired at the house in response.
Marchetti repeatedly refused to come out of the home and surrender himself, according to police.
The standoff ended around 3 p.m. when the house caught fire, police said. Firefighters responded with two ladder trucks, but gunfire could still be heard coming from inside the house.
After firefighters and law enforcement responded and entered the home, investigators found Marchetti dead from what police said to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
When officials retrieved the baby, he had multiple gunshot wounds and was given aid before being flown to a hospital.
Police said the cause of death is pending the medical examiner's full report.
What was the cause of the fire?
The standoff ended around 3 p.m. when the house caught fire, and firefighters responded with two ladder trucks.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, and any damage to nearby structures is unknown, police said.
What happened to the baby inside the house?
Officers retrieved the 6-month-old infant who had multiple gunshot wounds and gave aid before the baby was flown to a hospital where surgery was performed, police said. The mother was treated at the scene for minor injuries, Surprise police said in a statement, and was transported to the hospital to be with her child.
As of Sunday, police said the baby's surgery went well and he was in recovery, but still in critical condition.
Police have not publicly identified the mother or the baby involved in the incident, but a GoFundMe has been set up to help the mother and her baby as they recover. As of Monday, it has raised over $120,000 of the $125,000 goal.
veryGood! (6318)
Related
- Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
- Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power
- Snow-covered bodies of 2 men from Senegal found in New York woods near Canadian border
- 'Young and the Restless' actress Jennifer Leak dies at 76, ex-husband Tim Matheson mourns loss
- New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
- Harvard says it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book
- 5 injured in shooting outside a Detroit blues club over a parking spot dispute, police say
- Children race to collect marshmallows dropped from a helicopter at a Detroit-area park
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- Five wounded when man shoots following fight over parking space at a Detroit bar
Ranking
- Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
- 2nd man pleads not guilty to Massachusetts shooting deaths of woman and her 11-year-old daughter
- Ukraine's Zelenskyy warns Putin will push Russia's war very quickly onto NATO soil if he's not stopped
- Forever Chemicals From a Forever Fire: Alabama Residents Aim to Test Blood or Urine for PFAS Amid Underground Moody Landfill Fire
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- Tracy Morgan clarifies his comments on Ozempic weight gain, says he takes it 'every Thursday'
- What stores are open on Easter Sunday 2024? See Walmart, Target, Costco hours
- At collapsed Baltimore bridge, focus shifts to the weighty job of removing the massive structure
Recommendation
House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat
Audit finds inadequate state oversight in Vermont’s largest fraud case
Christine Quinn Makes First Public Appearance Since Estranged Husband's Arrest
North Carolina State keeps March Madness run going with defeat of Marquette to reach Elite Eight
Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
How King Charles III Has Kept Calm and Carried on Since His Cancer Diagnosis
ACLU, Planned Parenthood challenge Ohio abortion restrictions after voter referendum
Summer House's Lindsay Hubbard Made This NSFW Sex Confession Before Carl Radke Breakup