Post by Scumhunter on Mar 1, 2024 10:23:07 GMT -5
From azfamily.com:
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Phoenix police are searching for a suspect involved in a road rage shooting that left an 8-year-old girl dead in late 2022. On Thursday, Phoenix authorities said they are asking for help finding 49-year-old Sidney Garrand.
According to police, Garrand has an outstanding homicide warrant for the deadly road rage shooting. On Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, authorities say Garrand got upset with another driver who turned in front of him. He began to follow the man and his family, including his three daughters. While the two pulled up to a red light, Garrand reportedly punched the father through an open widow.
During the fight, the father pulled out a folding knife “out of fear for his family’s lives,” police said. Witnesses said the father injured Garrand’s neck and managed to drive off. However, Garrand then went back to his car and grabbed a gun, firing several rounds at the family’s vehicle. Police say 8-year-old Cassidy Moreno was hit by the gunshots and later died. Roughly a week later, Garrand was indicted for second-degree murder and other charges.
Garrand posted bail of $500,000 and was released from jail in January 2023. His trial date has been pushed back at least four times since last March and is now set to begin on April 16. Police now say Garrand is missing.
A reward of up to 2,000 is being offered for information leading to Garrand’s arrest. “When you read about cases where people went on the run, very rarely is somebody able to remain on the run for very long,” said Russ Richelsoph, a criminal defense attorney in Tempe.
He believes it’s only a matter of time before Garrand is found.
“I think for us it’s just a matter of letting people know. That she wasn’t just the 8-year-old girl victim. That she was somebody’s daughter, sister, niece,” Thali Vargas, Moreno’s aunt, said in 2022, shortly after Cassidy was killed.
Richelsoph said it’s not likely Garrand posted a bail of that size on his own and those who helped him, will be most eager to see him found.
He said with the use of facial recognition technology and the help of those who knew him, finding Garrand shouldn’t be too difficult.
www.azfamily.com/2024/02/29/phoenix-police-searching-man-wanted-deadly-road-rage-shooting/
Thoughts? As of today’s posting date (March 1st, 2024), a search of Arizona’s court records shows still no arrests since a warrant for Garrand was issued on February 25th, 2024 (the thread title reflects the incident date). And let me just say something while I am amazed anyone would put up such an enormous bail for this alleged maniac, I’m also amazed Garrand was allowed any bail considering the danger to the public based on the police account. It shouldn’t even been 500K or 500 million it should have been zero. Garrand going on the run in my opinion makes him a coward and anyone potentially helping him is a lowlife coward as well. Let us get justice for Cassidy but it completely tragic and senseless we even need to in the first place.
It is very early in the year where unfortunately somehow an even more tragic case can happen but right now Garrand is my #1 most wanted fugitive of the year. I hope he is caught before he has to be on my list still at the end of the year.
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