One person was stabbed and another was shot during an incident at a group home setting in Chandler on Friday, according to police. Chandler Police responded to a home on Monterey Street near McQueen and Ray roads, where officers found two people hurt.
The conditions of the two injured people were not immediately known, nor was their relationship to each other, as reported by AZ Family. Police described the scene as active, with the investigation still ongoing as of Friday afternoon.
Property records reviewed by Care Changes list 1330 W. Monterey Street as the address of Grace Manor of Arizona, a state-licensed assisted living group home approved by the Arizona Department of Health Services for up to five residents. It is not yet confirmed by police whether the stabbing and shooting reported Friday took place at that specific address, and it remains unverified whether those involved were residents, staff, or outside individuals.
How Arizona Regulates Small Group Homes
Facilities like Grace Manor operate under a layered system of state oversight. The Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Residential Facilities Licensing regulates residential care institutions, assisted living homes, and behavioral health facilities under Title 36 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, per the agency's own licensing guidance. Group homes operating under state contracts have also faced heightened scrutiny since House Bill 2166 mandated that behavioral-supported group homes undergo health and safety licensing through ADHS starting in July 2024, according to the Arizona Legislature.
The state currently has roughly 1,711 licensed assisted living homes with 10 or fewer beds, operating under state health oversight that lacks the federal star ratings used for larger nursing facilities, according to a state oversight report. Independent monitoring also exists outside the licensing system: Disability Rights Arizona runs a Compliance, Oversight, Monitoring, and Investigations program that tracks quality-of-care complaints, safety risks, and unexpected incidents across licensed group homes statewide.
Potential Charges Under Arizona Law
If investigators determine a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument was used, or that serious physical injury resulted, Arizona Revised Statute § 13-1204 establishes that such conduct constitutes felony aggravated assault under state law. Hoodline has previously explained these provisions in the context of another Arizona stabbing case, where judicial officers weighing pretrial release under A.R.S. § 13-3967 must consider victim safety, community risk, the weight of evidence, and a defendant's prior criminal history.
Friday's incident adds to a string of recent violent episodes that have drawn Chandler Police response. In June, the department investigated a home invasion near Arizona Avenue and Elliot Road that left two residents hospitalized and led to five felony arrests, according to FOX 10 Phoenix. In August, officers responded to a disturbance involving an armed individual who failed to comply with commands before being shot by police, as reported by 12News.
Chandler is also one of eight East Valley agencies that formed the East Valley Critical Incident Response Team in June 2024 to conduct mutual, independent investigations into major critical incidents, a coordination effort Hoodline detailed in its coverage of a fatal Mesa police shooting investigated by Gilbert police. It is not yet known whether that regional team has any role in Friday's Monterey Street investigation.
No arrests had been announced as of Friday afternoon, and police have not released further details on what led to the stabbing and shooting. Chandler Police have not said whether charges are pending against anyone in connection with the incident.
