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Cottonwood Arizona Shooting Under Investigation

Conway injured and arrested in Cottonwood AZ drive by shooting

Cottonwood AZ (August 12, 2012) – PRELIMARY REPORT – INVESTIGATION ONGOING – On August 9, 2012, at approximately six o’clock in the morning, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a reported drive-by shooting into an Arizona residence on Angus Circle, Cottonwood. Earlier that morning, an off-duty deputy reported hearing gunshots in the area, but the source could not be located.

The Angus Circle homeowner told deputies someone shot into his home around 2:30 AM and bullet fragments had injured a family member. Deputies and detectives interviewed several of the household occupants, including 21-year-old Jacob Conway, and all were initially uncooperative.

Detectives eventually discovered that Conway was involved in a dispute with 22-year-old Daniel Hoke from Cottonwood over issues of reputation.

A resident in the home, 20-year-old Vanessa Gonzales was actually on the phone with Hoke at the time a shot was fired into the house. The household residents assumed Hoke was inside a vehicle stopped in front of the house where the shot originated.

Gonzales arrested in Cottonwood AZ drive by shooting

Conway had been injured in the leg from bullet fragments while he was inside his room.

As the investigation moved forward, detectives learned that someone in the Angus Circle home apparently fired a shot before the gunshot fired from the suspect (Hoke) vehicle.

A handgun, believed used by an occupant in the Angus Circle house, was later recovered from another family member’s home in the area.

On the evening of August 9, 2012, detectives located Hoke and arrested him.

Hoke claimed Conway invited him over to the Angus Circle home to fight and he soon arrived in a vehicle containing three additional occupants. As they neared the Angus Circle house, a gunshot was directed at their vehicle.

Johnson arrested in Cottonwood AZ drive by shooting

Hoke’s friend, 23-year-old Glenn Johnson also from Cottonwood, was in possession of a handgun at the time and shot back once towards the Angus Circle house.

Hoke arrested and booked on multiple charges in Cottonwood AZ drive by shooting

Johnson was eventually located by detectives and admitted firing a handgun from the vehicle. Johnson was arrested and a handgun suspected of being involved in the shooting was recovered from one of Johnson’s family members.

Conway and Gonzales were arrested for Hindering Prosecution and booked at the Camp Verde Detention Center. Both remain in custody – each on a $7500 bond.

Hoke and Johnson were booked at the Camp Verde Detention Center on multiple charges including five counts of Endangerment, five counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Drive by Shooting, and Discharge Firearm towards a Structure. Both Hoke and Johnson remain in-custody – each on $100,000 bond.

YCSO detectives are in the process of determining who fired the handgun from the Angus Circle household. Further details of the investigation will be released as known.

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