A disturbance call in Flagstaff turned into a homicide investigation in the predawn hours of Sunday, October 19, 2025. Officers were dispatched to 16 E. Terrace Avenue around 4:00 a.m. after a noise complaint; as they approached, a single gunshot was heard. At the door, officers encountered 46-year-old Mea Brodie, who acknowledged a gun had been fired inside and attempted to stop officers from entering. She was detained so officers could perform a welfare check.

Inside the living room, detectives found 87-year-old Doris Brodie dead of an apparent single gunshot wound. Detectives executed a search warrant at the home and arrested Mea Brodie; she is charged with murder in connection with her mother’s death. No motive has been released and the circumstances that led to the shooting remain under investigation.

Does anyone in the Flagstaff area have information about the Brodie family or what happened that morning?