'You ready to die?' Ex-con on drugs breaks into woman’s Phoenix home after shooting her in the leg, cops say

Errick Jamell Cooks, 43 (inset), was arrested on Sept. 14, 2026, after allegedly shooting a woman, pistol-whipping her, and breaking into her home near 13th Street and Mission Lane in Phoenix. (FOX 10, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office) PHOENIX - A California man is behind bars on a $1 million cash-only bond after allegedly launching a brutal, drug-fueled attack on an acquaintance in Phoenix , threatening to "rape and kill her" before shooting her and breaking into her home. Errick Jamell Cooks, 43, faces multiple felony charges including attempted first-degree murder, attempted sexual assault, armed robbery and burglary following the violent Monday morning incident near 12th Street and Mission Lane . Court documents reveal nearly the entire assault was captured on a chilling 911 recording as operators heard gunshots and listened to the victim plead for her life. According to police records, Cooks – who met the victim four months earlier – arrived at her residence around 9 a.m. on Sept.

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