Maricopa Police Department today told InMaricopa who officers arrested after “multiple shots” were fired into the air during a late-night argument in the Homestead neighborhood one week ago.

Luis Antonio Valenzuela, 36, was arrested for unlawfully discharging a firearm and disorderly conduct, according to department spokesperson Monica Williams.

Officers had responded shortly before 2 a.m. Feb. 10 to the 1300 block of Ganley Way after reports of gunfire. Investigators determined a man involved in an argument fired multiple rounds into the air. No injuries were reported, and police said no nearby homes or vehicles appeared to have been struck.

Valenzuela was taken into custody later that morning following a traffic stop.

Felony charge filed

According to Pinal County Superior Court records, Valenzuela appeared in early disposition court in Florence this morning for a preliminary hearing. He is charged under Arizona’s “Shannon’s Law,” a Class 6 felony that makes it illegal to discharge a firearm within or into the limits of any municipality.

That charge is punishable by a presumptive term of one year in prison, with a range that can extend from four months to two years, depending on circumstances and criminal history. Probation is also possible.

Both the charging document and the probable cause statement were sealed today in superior court, and the result of the hearing was not immediately available.

Valenzuela was appointed a Pinal County public defender, court records show.

Conditions of release were processed Thursday. Although the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office jail roster showed an L. Valenzuela this evening, the inmate numbers did not match. Before being booked into jail, police said he was transported to a hospital for treatment of unknown injuries.

Juicy stuff coming shortly

Williams told InMaricopa the department’s formal probable cause statement, which outlines in detail why officers believe a crime was committed and supports the charges filed, is expected to be available tomorrow.

No current address is listed for Valenzuela. However, Arizona court records show he provided a Maricopa address when cited for speeding in separate 2023 cases in Maricopa and on Interstate 8 in Wellton, near the California border. He was cited again for speeding in that town of 2,500 on Dec. 29. His Arizona criminal record appears clean.

Williams previously said that in addition to the firearm-related allegations, Valenzuela was facing charges including drug possession, possession of paraphernalia and driving on a revoked license — after neighbors told police their doorbell cameras captured him getting out of his car just before shots rang out — but those additional allegations were not filed in superior court as of Tuesday. It was not immediately clear when or why his driver’s license was revoked.