Arizona

PHOENIX -- A man who police said walked into a 7-Eleven carrying a 2-year-old with a 6-year-old in tow and shot and killed a convenience store clerk has been arrested, investigators say.

Officers arrested and charged Jermaine Canada, 27, with first-degree murder. A resident called 911 around 9 a.m. on Monday and reported seeing a man matching the description of the gunman in the 2600 block of W. Camelback Road, police said.

The man had a brief conversation with the 7-Eleven clerk around 2:15 a.m. and then opened fire while holding the 2-year-old child, killing the 62-year-old clerk, officers said.

According to police, robbery does not appear to be a motive.

MESA, Ariz. -- A 28-year-old Mesa man has been arrested in connection with the rape of a 93-year-old woman who activated her medical alert bracelet to summon help from her family, police said.

Peter Cupis was booked on two counts of sexual assault, one count of kidnapping to commit a sexual offense, one count of burglary and one count of sexual abuse.

The victim suffered physical injuries during the struggle and received medical treatment, police said.

Investigators said they believe that Cupis gained entry into the victim's home through a side door Thursday evening.

A couple held a runaway teen captive in a hollow bed frame for weeks and forced her to have sex for money with people they found on the Internet, police said.

The 15-year-old girl managed to call family members for help while 18-year-old Matthew Gray and 19-year-old Janelle Butler were sleeping Monday night, authorities said. The two were arrested Tuesday.

The girl ran away from her El Mirage home in September and met the couple through a friend about three hours after she disappeared, police Sgt. Andy Hill said. They took her to a park, bound her and had her gang raped for hours, police said.

At a west Phoenix apartment, they imprisoned her in a dog kennel for about a week and threatened her with a gun, Hill said. They sold her for sex dozens of times on the Internet, he said, and forced her to hide in a hollowed-out bed frame covered with plywood.