UPDATE (11 a.m., April 15):
In a statement issued by Emmanuel Garcia, father of the 3-year-old girl, Garcia said his wife, who was seriously injured in the car crash and who was 33-weeks pregnant, gave birth to a baby girl.
"She is strong, healthy and beautiful, just like her sisters," the statement said.
Garcia thanks the community for their support.
"My daughter Anna was the joy of my life, the sweetest girl ever, and loved everyone she ever met," the statement said. "I humbly ask for all of your continued prayers for my wife, who is still fighting not only the loss of her precious girl but her own recovery. "
Read the full statement below:
The outpouring of support from the community has been absolutely unbelievable and a miracle from God. I can not express enough gratitude and thankfulness for all of you who have reached out to me and my family.
With all of your love and prayers, i am able to write this, and It is with a heavy and joyful heart that I announce the birth of my baby girl Ellianna, she is strong, healthy, and beautiful, just like her sisters.
I thank God for all of you in our community who have been affected and are fiercely fighting for change against this preventable tragedy that took my little girl from her loving family that would do anything just to have her back.
Don't allow my daughters life to be in vain. Please support the petition so that we can all prevent future families from the devastation of losing a precious life taken too soon.
My daughter Anna was the joy of my life, the sweetest girl ever, and loved everyone she ever met. I humbly ask for all of your continued prayers for my wife, who is still fighting not only the loss of her precious girl but her own recovery.
I am thankful and extremely grateful to all of my family, friends, and the Arizona community, as well as everyone else who has shown support, but especially God. If not for him and his word, the pain would be too much to bear.
God bless you all, and may he bring you comfort whenever you call on him.
The interim complaint obtained by KGUN for the 16-year-old driver of the Dodge Charger mirrored the complaint for Randall, adding that the driver's "excessive speeding demonstrated an extreme indifference for human life, as is confirmed by the death of an innocent 3-year-old girl."
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UPDATE (12:27 p.m., April 13):
Tucson Police have located and arrested a second person, the 16-year-old driver of a Dodge Charger, in connection with the crash that killed a 3-year-old girl Friday.
According to a news release from TPD, the driver was allegedly driving at excessive speeds, in the same place and at the same time as Christian Isaiah Randall, when Randall struck a Camry, killing the 3-year-old and seriously injuring her mother.
The interim complaint for Randall said that he was racing another vehicle at the time of the crash.
Tucson Police located the Charger at a home, in the garage. Detectives determined through interviews that the 16-year-old was driving the Charger.
The driver was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, two counts of endangerment and two counts of aggravated assault, same as Randall. He was booked into the Pima County Juvenile Detention Center.
The investigation is ongoing.
UPDATE (9:19 a.m., April 13):
A 22-year-old man was arrested over the weekend in connection with a crash that killed a 3-year-old girl on Friday.
Christian Isaiah Randall was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, two counts of endangerment and two counts of aggravated assault.
According to a news release from Tucson Police, officers responded to the crash at East Valencia Road and South Country Club at about 1 p.m. involving a Toyota Camry and a Hyundai Genesis.
The passengers in the backseat of the Camry, an adult woman and a 3-year-old girl, were transported to the hospital with serious injuries.
The girl died at the hospital.
The driver of the Genesis, identified in the news release as Randall, was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
Detectives determined that the Genesis and another car were driving above the posted speed limit on Eastbound Valencia Road when the Genesis struck the Camry, which was attempting to turn left onto Country Club from westbound Valencia.
The interim complaint for Randall stated that Randall was racing the other car.
It said the Camry was cut in half from the crash.
The adult woman was the 3-year-old's mother, the complaint said. The woman was also 33-weeks pregnant.
According to the complaint, witnesses said the Genesis was racing what look liked a Dodge Charger. TPD is currently looking for the other car and has asked for the public's help.
A telephonic search warrant on Randall's car revealed he was driving between 80-and-90 miles-per-hour in the moments leading up to the crash, the complaint said. The speed limit on that stretch of Valencia is 45 mph.
Randall said he wasn't racing, the complaint said. He told TPD that he was driving faster than the speed limit, because he was late for a pre-employment drug test for Amazon. He told TPD that he was just going with the flow of traffic, the complaint said.
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UPDATE (5 p.m.):
Tucson Police Department has confirmed via social media that one person has died as a result of the crash.
The intersection will remain closed for an extended period of time, the post said.
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The intersection at Valencia and Country Club is closed due to a serious injury collision, according to a social media post from Tucson Police.
Drivers are asked to find alternate routes, the post said.
