Maricopa Police Department responded to a domestic violence call with shots fired in Glennwilde just after 2:30 a.m. May 6.

Officers found a woman crying for help as her boyfriend, George Sopi, pinned her to the floor.

Officers also found a shotgun and shell casings in the driveway where Sopi had shot into his girlfriend’s car, according to body-worn camera footage recently obtained by InMaricopa.

Cops lodged a slew of felony charges against Sopi and booked him into the Pinal County jail. Those charges included assault with intent to injure, recklessly handling a firearm and resisting arrest. Sopi accepted an unspecified plea deal, according to the West Pinal Justice Court.

Court records show he had a dozen previous charges in Maricopa for assault, drugs and fighting, among other things.

Watch the full bodycam footage here:

Elias Weiss, Managing Editor
Elias Weiss, Managing Editor
Elias Weiss obtained his journalism degree from the University of Arkansas and reported first for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He went on to become managing editor of the Chatham Star-Tribune, leading the publication to be named Best Weekly Newspaper in Virginia by the Virginia Press Association in 2019. In 2020 and 2021, the Association awarded him four individual first-place awards in government, breaking news and headline writing among journalists statewide. After working as an investigative reporter in the Valley for Phoenix New Times and The Daily Beast, Elias joined InMaricopa as its managing editor in June 2023. Elias discusses Arizona politics every other Thursday on KFNX 1100 am radio in Phoenix. He has been featured on KAWC NPR in Yuma, HBO and GB News.
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