An Arizona resident is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend and subsequently transporting her body to a Phoenix police station in the back of his truck. The incident has shocked the local community.

“He treated my sister’s body like she was just roadkill,” said David Guzman, brother of the deceased, Jessica Guzman, in an interview with the local TV station KTVK. The alleged perpetrator, Josue Barreras Anaya, is facing charges in connection to the crime.

Anaya, aged 36, has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of 32-year-old Jessica Guzman. Authorities report that the fatal shooting occurred at Anaya’s residence during a heated argument.

According to court records accessed by KTVK, the incident unfolded when Anaya, who was asleep with Guzman, was startled as the firearm he kept under his pillow fell to the floor. The couple reportedly began to argue, and Anaya claims that as he attempted to retrieve the weapon, Guzman also reached for it, leading to a struggle. During this altercation, two shots were fired, one of which tragically struck Guzman in the head, resulting in her death.

Rather than contacting authorities immediately, Anaya allegedly wrapped Guzman’s body in a comforter and placed her in the bed of his GMC Sierra truck. He then drove to the Maryvale Estrella Mountain Precinct on Encanto Boulevard, where he approached Phoenix police officers in the parking lot at approximately 5 a.m. on Tuesday to report the incident.

“When you’re a patrol officer, you don’t expect somebody to come to you and just tell you that there’s an individual deceased in the back of the truck and that you’re responsible for, so I’m sure those officers were perplexed,” Phoenix Police Sgt. Brian Bower told local Fox affiliate KSAZ.

Authorities processed Anaya’s hands for gunshot residue and asked him some “standard procedure questions,” according to court documents, before he requested an attorney.

“We all tried to wake her up and make her see the danger that she was in,” David Guzman told KTVK about his sister, noting how she said in the past that Anaya had abused and isolated her from family. “And he just somehow, some way, kept on weaseling his way back into her life.”

A GoFundMe set up by the Guzman family describes Jessica as a “daughter, sister, and a mother” who leaves behind a “young son.”

The description says, “Her son has lost the most important person in his life, and her mother is grieving not only a daughter, but the pillar who helped her through every step of life.”

Anaya was being held this week on a $1 million bond and was still behind bars Thursday.