00:00Newly released 911 calls, body camera, surveillance videos show how Chandler police tracked and captured a violent suspect within about
00:0824 hours.
00:09Thanks for joining us tonight. I'm Jared Dillingham.
00:11And I'm Nicole Kreitz. That 38-year-old woman is tied to a string of armed robberies accused of carjacking
00:16a high school student at gunpoint in broad daylight.
00:20It's a pretty shocking story. Michaela Marshall's here with details and that video breakdown.
00:24Yeah, very serious allegations here. And Chandler PD say that their real-time crime center played a critical role in
00:30this case.
00:31The woman accused of victimizing a high school student, a Walmart employee, and others, then fled to the desert where
00:38she was ultimately caught.
00:41She's like, I just got a gun pointed at me and they stole my car.
00:44It was a violent crime spree that began at Hamilton High School in Chandler.
00:49My sister just got carjacked at gunpoint. Got a teacher on the phone.
00:52I saw it. I didn't know exactly what was happening. It was probably 30 seconds ago, sir.
00:56A carjacking targeting a student in broad daylight.
00:59Court records reveal a stranger opened the 17-year-old girl's car door, pointed a gun at her head, and
01:07threatened to shoot if she didn't give up her car.
01:09I know it's scary, but we'll get you through it, okay?
01:12It forced the school into lockdown on January 20th.
01:15Suspect had a white, black mandana over her face, gray hoodie, black sweatpants, splated, dark-colored handgun.
01:21While Chandler police canvassed the area, they got another 911 call.
01:25I just had a customer that are no longer on the premise pull a, what looked to be a firearm,
01:32out and pointed at one of our associates as they were shoplifting.
01:35The carjacker had driven the stolen car to rob a nearby Walmart.
01:39With her left hand, she pointed a gun at me. She said, don't be a hero today.
01:44Police identified the suspect in both cases as 38-year-old Raven White.
01:48We had several photographs of Raven depicting some very specific tattoos.
01:52White is a convicted felon, and according to court documents, she texted an undercover detective offering to trade the stolen
01:59car for drugs and money.
02:01She's also accused of committing an armed robbery just one week before, and another one in November.
02:08We had an idea of where she was going to be, so we started checking those areas, and at one
02:11point throughout the day, I happened to notice somebody walk out of a large desert area.
02:16And that somebody was white. She evaded police for about 24 hours.
02:21It was literally like a needle in a haystack. We're looking for a single person in a large, vast desert
02:25area.
02:26At the end of the day, I'll give you a loft order. You're under arrest, okay?
02:29And according to court documents, at the time of her arrest, she had the stolen car keys and a handgun
02:35with her.
02:36Raven White is facing felony charges, including armed robbery and aggravated assault.
02:41Live in studio, Michaela Marshall for Arizona's Family.
