Phoenix News: Phoenix Police Arrest Murder, Robbery Suspect
Phoenix police arrested a man Monday in Phoenix, who believes that the suspect in the murder and armed robbery, May 31
Jock Coker, 18, was developed by staff, Eric Gomez Coker houses near the road, Dobbins Street and 7th, according to a press release from James Holmes, an officer with the Police Service of Phoenix.
At about 5 pm, Gomez responded to a call for a burglary in the Coker home. After reviewing tape from video surveillance, he noticed a man who is living where he reported the burglary, said in a press release.
Gomez then told the woman in the house, and she said Gomez, “Jok is not at home.”
Gomez had the same name as the names of suspects in two armed robberies of stores on May 31 Metro, after the press release.
Police also suspect Coker stole a Chevrolet pick-up in 1997, the same day. When police checked the house of the registered owner of the vehicle, Tony R. Ortega, 74, they found his death, said the press release. Coker was a suspect in the murder of Ortega.
Gomez quickly decided that the house and requested more help to create a perimeter around the house. Phoenix special police forces arrived on the scene and took custody Coker.
Coker was sent to prison for second degree murder, rape, armed robbery, kidnapping, and after the press release.
