Investigators say Andrea Davis shot her two children and herself after an earlier attack outside a Glendale bar.

PHOENIX, Ariz. — A 38-year-old woman shot and killed her two children and then herself inside a Phoenix home May 25 after sending their father messages saying she would harm them, police said.

The deaths of 10-year-old Austin Davis and 18-month-old Andolan Davis ended a violent sequence that began outside a sports bar in nearby Glendale. Police said Andrea Clarice Davis had fired at her husband, Nolan Davis, 39, and a 36-year-old woman before leaving the bar area and going to the home where the children were found dead.

Officers first responded just after midnight to Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill in the 6000 block of West Bell Road, where a woman had been shot in the back of the head while trying to get away in a vehicle. Glendale police said the wounded woman was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not expected to be fatal. Nolan Davis told officers his wife had arrived at the bar and opened fire before fleeing. While police were still with him, investigators said, he began receiving text messages from his wife about the children. Glendale police spokesperson Jose Santiago said one message included an image showing that one child had already been hurt.

The messages changed the response from a bar shooting to an emergency at the family’s home. Nolan Davis told officers the children were with their mother at a nearby Phoenix residence. Police said officers went to the home and forced their way in because the information they had pointed to immediate danger. Inside, they found Andrea Davis and the two children dead from apparent gunshot wounds. Phoenix police later said a handgun was recovered during a search warrant at the home. Authorities have not released a full minute-by-minute account of when each shooting happened.

The killings brought two police departments into the case because the first shooting happened in Glendale and the deaths happened in Phoenix. Glendale police continued to investigate the attack at the bar, including the gunfire aimed at Nolan Davis and the wounded woman. Phoenix police handled the death investigation at the home. Officials said the woman who survived the bar shooting knew Nolan Davis, but they had not publicly defined the nature of their relationship. Police also said they had no prior domestic violence reports tied to the Phoenix residence before the deaths.

Investigators identified Andrea Davis as the suspected shooter in both parts of the case. No charges can be brought against her because she died at the scene. The legal record now depends on police reports, search warrant returns, medical examiner findings and any forensic testing connected to the handgun, shell casings, digital messages and phone records. Officials have not said whether the children were asleep, awake or in separate rooms when they were shot. They also have not released the final autopsy findings or a full motive statement.

The children’s names were made public through a fundraiser and media reports after police first described them by age and gender. Austin was 10. Andolan was first described by police as an 18-month-old girl, though some public accounts later referred to the child as 2 years old. Police said both children died at the Phoenix home. Family friends described the children as loved and remembered them as part of a family that had been under stress. Amy Bowers, a longtime friend of Andrea Davis, said Davis had been upset about problems in the marriage and feared Nolan Davis might leave.

Bowers said Davis had been struggling openly before the shootings. “She was just, she was not feeling good,” Bowers said, describing what she had seen in the weeks before the deaths. Bowers also said Davis had worried about what would happen with the children if the marriage ended. Police have not confirmed those concerns as a motive. They have said investigators are still piecing together the events that led from the bar parking lot to the home. Phoenix Sgt. Lorraine Fernandez said the deaths were hard for officers, the family and the broader community.

The scene at the home left officers facing the deaths of two children and the suspect in the same residence. Fernandez said children are among those police work to protect each day and called the case difficult for everyone involved. The surviving woman from the bar shooting was expected to recover, police said. Nolan Davis was not reported injured. The case remains open as Phoenix and Glendale investigators review digital evidence, firearm evidence, witness statements and the final findings from medical examiners.

Police have not announced further suspects, arrests or a public briefing date. The next official steps are expected to come through completed reports from Phoenix and Glendale police and final death findings from the medical examiner.

Author note: Last updated June 21, 2026.