A family homicide in Phoenix’s Ahwatukee neighborhood left a household reeling on January 5, 2022. At about 5:15 p.m. a 911 call reported that a woman had been shot and was dying at a home near 5th Avenue and Chandler Boulevard. Officers found 60-year-old White woman Monique Kistner inside the residence; she had been shot twice with a rifle at close range and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police encountered 33-year-old Robert Kistner, the victim’s son, walking out of the house with his hands raised. As officers placed him in handcuffs he reportedly told them he had shot his mother twice. He was arrested and booked on a charge of first-degree murder. Investigators said the son had told detectives his relationship with his parents had not been good, but authorities did not release any other information about a motive and the investigation was ongoing as of January 2022.

Does anyone in the Ahwatukee area have information about the Kistner family or what led up to this shooting?