'I'm going to get you': Man gunned down his pregnant girlfriend and her friend because she tried to break them up, police say

A antheral successful Arizona fatally changeable his pregnant girlfriend hours aft helium vowed to "get" her and past "take attraction of" himself, authorities say.

Michael Sanchez, 18, was arrested connected Friday successful the decease of 16-year-old Rylee Montgomery, the Buckeye Police Department announced.

He has been charged with first-degree murder, endangerment, and interference with a show device, according to Phoenix CBS affiliate KPHO. The suspect being held successful the Maricopa County jailhouse without bond.

On Thursday nighttime astir 8:15 p.m., Montgomery, was with a 22-year-old pistillate and a 17-year-old miss — who was besides pregnant, similar Montgomery — and the trio were extracurricular a location connected Elwood Street successful Buckeye, which is located conscionable westbound of Phoenix.

Police said they were called to the country and recovered the 3 individuals "suffering from gunshot wounds." Montgomery was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, portion the pistillate and different teen were "rushed to the infirmary wherever they stay successful captious condition" arsenic of Friday.

The probe was underway, and officers judge the victims were changeable extracurricular a residence. The constabulary section said "two males were seen moving from the country earlier officers arrived," and they noted that the "victims and fishy knew each other."

Police identified Sanchez arsenic their suspected shooter, though they made nary notation of different "male." Buckeye constabulary tracked him to a location immoderate 15 miles distant successful Avondale, wherever they arrested him.

Sanchez was "in a romanticist narration with Montgomery" that her household said was abusive.

"Our saccharine miss fell unfortunate to a controlling boy," a GoFundMe set up for her states. "He started disconnected precise saccharine and bully to her. Once helium got her large successful February, it was each over."

The idiosyncratic penning the fundraiser claims Sanchez told her to "kill the baby" but she refused, and "he turned his choler connected her, threatening her galore times" and allegedly choking her astatine the family's house.

"When she broke up with him successful March, helium decided to constituent a weapon astatine her look and told her she wasn't allowed," the GoFundMe goes on. "He would spell done her telephone and delete each her antheral contacts, adjacent her household members. Just yesterday, helium threatened her again."

That menace reportedly came successful the signifier of a picture, astatine slightest successful part. Rylee's stepmother, Amy Montgomery, told the section outlet that "He sent her a representation of himself with a weapon pointed astatine his caput and a substance telling her 'I'm going to get you and past I'm going to instrumentality attraction of myself.'"

They called the constabulary and told them astir the alleged threat, "and that was the past I heard from her," the stepmother said. "And past 3 hours later, she was gone."

The GoFundMe suggests Sanchez committed the wicked transgression "because she was with her friends," adding, "He took it upon himself to question implicit 20 miles to wherever she was and sprout them all."

The different large teen was "shot successful the backmost and astir bled out, forced to present her babe lad astatine 25 weeks," which is little than six months. Amy Montgomery said Sanchez hated this person due to the fact that she tried to interruption them up.

"I deliberation [the 22-year-old victim] was conscionable successful the incorrect spot astatine the incorrect time," the stepmother told KPHO. "But I decidedly deliberation helium went determination with afloat volition connected sidesplitting some [the 17-year-old victim] and Rylee."

"She was truthful frightened of him, and we tried to get her help," she added of her stepdaughter.

Sanchez was reportedly wearing an ankle show astatine the clip of the shooting because, during a roadworthy rage incidental successful March, helium allegedly fled from constabulary and crashed his car.

Now, Rylee Montgomery's household is forced to look a aboriginal without her.

"Our saccharine Rylee. Our champion girl. … The 1 who was excited to get her licence adjacent period and to get a job. The miss who was excited for her sex reveal, which would person told her she was gonna person a babe girl," the GoFundMe states. "Michael stole our miss and granddaughter from us. He broke our hearts completely. He ripped our souls to shreds. He is simply a coward! And present we are near with trying to fig retired wherever to laic our girls to rest."