Overview
- Police say an argument near First and Washington streets around 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 28 led to gunfire that struck three women and a man, with at least one believed to be an innocent bystander.
- Prosecutors report the male victim was shot in the head and is not expected to survive, while the three women suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
- Keon Joubert, 22, is being held on $1 million bond and is accused of four felony counts of aggravated assault along with a probation violation.
- Authorities say Joubert was on probation for discharging a firearm within city limits, and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office is reviewing a 2022 armed robbery referral involving him.
- Joubert did not appear in person for the hearing after the judge deemed him a danger, and prosecutors say surveillance video and witness accounts identify him despite his self-defense claim.