A California man is facing attempted first-degree murder and other felony charges after police accused him of shooting a woman in the leg, assaulting her and entering her home while threatening her. Errick Jamell Cooks, 43, was arrested in Phoenix Sept. 14 and is being held in Maricopa County Jail on a $1 million cash-only bond, according to FOX 10 Phoenix.
The allegations come from police and court records cited by the station. The available account does not state whether Cooks has been convicted in this case, and the available account does not establish the final facts of what occurred.
What police allege
According to FOX 10 Phoenix, the source references conflict: the report's main text says officers responded near 12th Street and Mission Lane, while its introductory image caption says 13th Street and Mission Lane. Officers found the woman with a gunshot wound to her leg and serious facial injuries. Police records cited in the report allege that Cooks assaulted her, obtained a .22-caliber pistol from his vehicle and fired three shots, striking her.
Records also allege that Cooks entered or remained at the residence while looking for the woman and damaged a front window. Police attributed threats to rape and kill her to Cooks, including the question, “You ready to die?” The station reported that officers later used rubber bullets and pepper balls to subdue him before he was evaluated at a hospital.
Police said they recovered a .22-caliber pistol, spent shell casings, the woman’s gold necklace and suspected cocaine and methamphetamine, FOX 10 Phoenix reported. Court documents list charges including attempted first-degree murder, attempted sexual assault, armed robbery and burglary.
Case status and unresolved questions
Cooks was reportedly on probation for a 2024 drug conviction and had previously served 16 years in California for attempted voluntary manslaughter. Police records say he told investigators that he had blacked out and did not remember the alleged attack. Those statements, like the other allegations, have not been tested at trial.
Cooks was scheduled to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court on Sept. 22. The available information does not report a plea, trial date or final disposition, and it does not identify a system for tracking proceedings.
The local violence data provide scale, not a conclusion about this case
Phoenix’s broader data show a substantial volume of reported violence but do not establish that this case reflects a citywide trend or that the alleged relationship was classified as domestic violence. An Axios Phoenix analysis of city crime data reported more than 3,300 aggravated assaults in the first six months of 2022, compared with 2,630 during the same period in 2018. That comparison is several years older than the arrest described here and should not be treated as a current-year measurement.
A separate measure comes from the City of Phoenix’s 2025 Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team report. The available source material identifies the report as covering domestic-violence-related calls for service, reports and adult arrests, but does not provide figures for them.
Those categories describe calls, reports and arrests across Phoenix; they do not show that the Cooks case was included in the team’s fatality or near-fatality review. The team’s stated purpose is to examine domestic-violence fatalities and near-fatalities and recommend improvements to system responses, according to the city report.
Available response and protection resources
For people facing threats or violence, the Maricopa County Superior Court Law Library Resource Center says civil protection orders can prohibit contact or approach at listed locations, while warning that such orders cannot guarantee safety. The court resource does not indicate that a protection order existed in this case.
Information about the Phoenix Police Department's Family Advocacy Center mentions Mobile Victim Advocates and domestic-violence support. That information does not indicate whether an advocate assisted the woman described in the criminal allegations.
