Andrea Clarice Davis, Phoenix, Arizona mom shoots & kills 2 kids then self after shooting at husband, Nolan and woman she suspected he was cheating with outside Glendale bar.
A woman and her two children were found dead at a home in northwest Phoenix just hours after the parent shooting at a woman in the company of her husband outside a Glendale, Arizona area bar.
Andrea Clarice Davis, 38, is alleged to have shot and killed her two children before taking her own life at their home near 51st Avenue and Bell Road.
A 10-year-old boy and an 18-month-old girl were killed, according to Phoenix police Sgt. Lorraine Fernandez. Police did not immediately release either of the children’s names, AZCentral reported.
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Davis is alleged to have driven to Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill in Glendale just after midnight Monday and shot at her husband of 12 years, Nolan Davis, 39, and a 36-year-old woman he was with outside, police told AZFamily.
The other woman, who has not been identified, was shot in the back of the head as she got in her car to flee, according to Glendale police spokesperson Jose Santiago.
She was expected to survive her ordeal, Santiago said.
Cops declined to divulge the exact relationship between the woman and Davis’ husband.
Davis then drove home and texted her husband to say she was going to hurt their two young children — including the parent sending the children’s father an image of one of them bleeding from the head, police said.
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Upon the dad notifying cops, officers scrambled to the couple’s home in Phoenix some 2 miles away where officers came across the carnage of Davis and the couple’s two young kids.
‘Because we already knew this was a dire situation, officers forced their way into the home, and that’s when they encountered this horrific situation,’ Santiago said.
Commenting on the husband and the woman that Davis had shot at, Santiago said, ‘Right now, we can tell you they knew each other, but we do not know the extent of how they knew each other; that’s all part of the investigation.
‘We do know that they were familiar with one another, and there was some type of relationship. How familiar and what type of relationship, that’s unknown at this time.’
Phoenix mom believed dad was having affair
According to Andrea’s best friend, Amy Bowers, the mom had been tormented by the belief her husband had been cheating on her with a co-worker.
‘This relationship … completely made her lose her mind,’ Bowers told AZFamily.
‘They haven’t had anything like this come up before. And so I think the shock of that is just a lot for her. She was just, she was not feeling good. And she’s been asking for help from everybody. Like it’s not been secret,’ she added.
‘I feel really bad nobody was thinking about the kids this whole time, you know, Andrea was stressed because Nolan was talking about leaving, and she was like, ‘What am I supposed to do with the kids?’ Bowers said.
Police said the married couple had no prior history of domestic violence. Authorities continue to investigate.
