Police say a man opened fire and injured three people at a suburban Phoenix restaurant and retail complex because he wanted to retaliate for being bullied.
, injuring three people, wanted to target people in his own age group in retaliation for being bullied, authorities said Thursday.
“He wanted to gain some respect, and he felt that he had been bullied in his life,” Glendale police Sgt. Randy Stewart said. Authorities say Hernandez wounded a 19-year-old man, who remained hospitalized in critical condition. A 16-year-old girl was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. A third victim, a 30-year-old woman, did not require hospitalization.
Suspected shooter Armando Hernandez made his first court appearance Thursday. A judge set a $1 million bond.Prosecutor Edward Leiter said Hernandez had been mulling an attack at Westgate for at least three years.Leiter said Hernandez was frustrated Wednesday for several reasons, such as not being able to get a meal at a restaurant and that his friends didn’t call him back when he arrived at Westgate with 90 rounds of ammunition and a rifle.
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