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August 29, 2019
Friends of airman killed: ‘He always had a smile on his face’ BY ANDREA ESTRADA Glendale Star Staff Writer
It felt like another normal day for Amiri Myers. But a phone call with bad news changed everything. After finding out his best friend, Cody J. Fryhover, had been shot and killed, Myers said he ended the call immediately. “I can’t really explain how it feels. It feels unreal. Just before that happened, I was talking to him, texting him, Snapchatting,” Myers said. “And the next day, I found out.” Police said Fryhover, 21, who was a Luke Air Force Base airman, attempted to break into an Alta Camelback apartment at 4949 N. Seventh Street in Phoenix on August 18.
A tenant told authorities he shot the airman after Fryhover removed the patio door off its hinge and kicked the glass door. Fryhover was transported to a local hospital, where police said he was pronounced dead. “Losing a member of the Air Force family is always difficult to come to terms with, no matter the situation, and I send my sincere condolences to Cody’s family and friends following this tragic situation,” said Brig. Gen. Todd Canterbury, 56th Fighter Wing Commander, in a statement. U.S. Air Force Capt. Candice Dillitte told The Glendale Star the incident is under investigation and Phoenix police are working with the Air Force Office of Spe-
Senators discuss child sexual abuse act
cial Investigations. “Throughout that investigation, I think more details on what exactly transpired will come out,” Dillitte said. Myers, who lives in Leesburg, Florida, and met Fryhover at Leesburg High School when they were freshmen, doesn’t believe his friend wanted to burglarize the apartment. “That sounds like the Cody that would just be lost,” Myers said. “This has happened before; people mistaking their apartments for another person’s apartment, and that’s how I see it, because Cody was, in no way, capable of thinking like that. He was never worried about another person’s belongings or another person’s ‘anything.’” SEE AIRMAN PAGE 3
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BY ERIC NEWMAN
Glendale Star Staff Writer
SPORTS ........ 14 Cardinals’ Isabella lets his work ethic speak for him
OPINION....................... 8 BUSINESS.................. 10 SPORTS ...................... 14 CALENDAR ................ 18 FEATURES.................. 20 RELIGION ................... 24 YOUTH........................ 26 CLASSIFIEDS ............. 28
Sens. Paul Boyer and Heather Carter — lead sponsor and co-sponsor, respectively, of the Arizona Child Protection Act (AZCPA) — co-hosted a seminar at the South Mountain Community Library in Phoenix on August 19 to inform the public of the new legislation and answer questions about the act intended to aid sexual abuse victims. The AZCPA changes the statute of limitations for filing suits against perpetrators of sexual abuse of a child, as a University of Mew Hampshire study claims 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be a victim of sexual abuse before they turn 18. Before the act was put into place, claims of childhood sexual abuse had to be filed before the SEE AZCPA PAGE 2
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