PHOENIX — A Valley man is facing multiple criminal charges for allegedly killing the owner of a Phoenix apartment complex.
Police said Steve Stair and his wife Cheryl were servicing apartments they own near 35th Avenue and Dunlap on Monday when Cheryl noticed a light was on in one of the units.
A former Oakhurst businessman, Steve Stair, 57, was shot and killed in Phoenix, Ariz. Monday morning. Stair and his wife, Cheryl, owned and operated the Kentucky Fried Chicken in Oakhurst for 11 years before selling the business in 2006, eventually relocating to Arizona.
The Stairs’ owned a number of apartment and condo complexes in Phoenix, and were working at one of the properties Sunday evening, when Cheryl noticed a light on in one of the units. Stair, due to previous issues with trespassers, took his pistol and went to investigate the following morning. When Steve entered the apartment, the shooter, who was in the process of committing a burglary, shot Stair twice in the upper body.
Hoover shot Stair at least two times in the upper body before grabbing Stair’s pistol and fleeing the scene.
Stair was taken to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.
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