On the evening of Friday, June 25, 2021, 15-year-old Graciela Andrea Molina was in her second-story bedroom near 48th Street and Broadway Road in Phoenix when a single stray bullet pierced her bedroom window and struck her. Paramedics transported her to a local hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. Family members had been assembling a new bed at the time; Andrea was remembered by loved ones as bright, studious, and hoping to attend college.

A witness reported seeing someone firing in the field, and physical and forensic evidence reportedly linked shell casings from the scene to a spent casing found in a 35-year-old man’s car, leading to the arrest of Fernando Pina on Sunday, June 27. He was charged with manslaughter, two counts of endangerment, and two counts of discharging a firearm within city limits; bond was set at $750,000 and he was ordered to avoid weapons and the scene.

Anyone who witnessed activity in that field that night or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.