The investigation spans a Glendale bar, a Phoenix home and the final messages sent before two children died.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Police in two Arizona cities are reconstructing a deadly chain of events that left two children, their mother and an apparent motive under investigation after a May 25 murder-suicide.
The official account begins with gunfire outside a Glendale sports bar and ends inside a Phoenix home. Police say Andrea Clarice Davis, 38, shot at her husband and a woman near Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill, then went to the home where she fatally shot her children, 10-year-old Austin Davis and 18-month-old Andolan Davis, before killing herself.
The investigation is built around movement, timing and communication. Officers in Glendale were called to the bar just after midnight after shots were fired in the 6000 block of West Bell Road. They found a 36-year-old woman shot in the back of the head. She was taken to a hospital with injuries police said were not expected to kill her. Nolan Davis, 39, told officers his wife had driven to the bar and fired at him and the woman. Police said Andrea Davis then left the area.
What happened next reached police through Nolan Davis’ phone. While officers remained at the Glendale scene, police said Andrea Davis sent messages saying she would harm the children. One message included a photo showing one of the children bleeding from the head. Glendale police spokesperson Jose Santiago said officers knew the situation was dire before entry was made at the Phoenix residence. That information sent police to the home, where the case became a double child homicide and suicide investigation.
At the home, officers found Andrea Davis and both children dead. Police said all three had apparent gunshot wounds. Phoenix investigators later recovered a handgun while serving a search warrant. Officials have not released the address of the home in the main public accounts, the full search warrant inventory or the completed autopsy findings. They also have not said whether any neighbors heard gunfire before officers arrived or whether anyone else had been contacted by Andrea Davis that night.
The case carries several unknowns that remain part of the investigation. Police have not publicly released the exact time the children were shot. They have not identified which child appeared in the photo sent to Nolan Davis. They have not said how long it took officers to reach the Phoenix home after seeing the messages. The relationship between Nolan Davis and the wounded woman has also not been fully defined by police, though officials said the two knew each other. No charge has been announced against Nolan Davis.
Investigators are also reviewing the condition of the family before the shootings. Phoenix police said they had no prior domestic violence reports connected to the residence. A longtime friend, Amy Bowers, said Andrea Davis had been upset about problems in the marriage and believed her husband had an inappropriate relationship with a co-worker. Bowers said Davis had been asking people for help and had worried about what a separation would mean for the children. Those statements are part of the public account, but police have not declared a final motive.
The deaths left no living suspect to prosecute, which changes the path of the case. Prosecutors do not have a defendant to charge in the killings of Austin and Andolan. Instead, the police work will likely end in investigative findings that establish manner of death, weapon use, timing, scene details and the link between the Glendale attack and the Phoenix deaths. The surviving victim from the bar shooting may provide testimony for the record, even without a criminal trial against Andrea Davis.
Phoenix Sgt. Lorraine Fernandez said the impact on officers was severe because the victims included children. She said the department had not previously been called to the home for domestic violence reports. Fernandez also said the family of the suspect and the children would be dealing with the loss. Santiago described the home scene as horrific. Their statements helped frame the investigation as both a criminal case and a mass family loss, with police still sorting out how the warning signs unfolded.
The geography of the case remains central. Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill sits in Glendale, while the home where the children died was in nearby Phoenix. The short distance meant the two scenes developed almost as one event. Glendale officers handled the first victim and the father’s report. Phoenix officers entered the home. Evidence from both places must be matched: bullet evidence from the bar, the handgun found at the home, the messages on the phone and statements from people who saw Andrea Davis that night.
Austin and Andolan were later named in public reports after police first identified them only by age. The children’s father was not physically injured in the bar shooting, police said. The 36-year-old woman survived. Andrea Davis died at the home. The public record does not yet answer what the children knew in the final minutes or whether any earlier call could have led police to the home before the messages were sent.
As of June 21, Phoenix and Glendale police had not released final reports or a complete timeline. The next milestone is expected when investigators finish forensic reviews and medical examiner findings for the three deaths.
Author note: Last updated June 21, 2026.