Charges Set in Shooting Rampage That Killed 1
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Police charged Frank Roque, 42, with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and three counts of drive-by shooting after he allegedly fired at two gas stations and a home in Mesa, killing an Indian immigrant inside one gas station.
No one was hurt at the other station, where a man of Lebanese descent was working, or at the home of a family of Afghan descent.
Roque was being held on a $1-million bond. Police had yet to decide whether to add hate-crime charges.
The East Valley Tribune reported that Roque shouted, “I stand for America all the way,” as he was taken into custody Saturday night.
Balbir Singh Sodhi, 49, who was a Sikh, died in the shootings.
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