I was looking at video of the Universal Studios fire on an LA TV station page yesterday. Saw a link to 3 officers shot in Arizona. Having lived in Tucson for 8 years, I followed it to see what was going on.
Seems a guy started shooting at houses in Oro Valley. A PCSO deputy tried to stop a vehicle matching the description. The deputy was shot by the perp, but continued the chase. The shooter lost the deputy, but was spotted later by either TPD or another PCSO deputy.
The shooter shot at the TPD officer on the east side (Tanque Verde near Houghton). The TPD officer was hit in the head and died this afternoon. The shooter also wounded another deputy somewhere along the way.
The shooter was finally captured near Molina Basin on Mt. Lemon Hwy. In jail on $2.5 million bond (probably soon to be revoked due to the death).
My condolences to the family of Officer Hite.
Seems a guy started shooting at houses in Oro Valley. A PCSO deputy tried to stop a vehicle matching the description. The deputy was shot by the perp, but continued the chase. The shooter lost the deputy, but was spotted later by either TPD or another PCSO deputy.
The shooter shot at the TPD officer on the east side (Tanque Verde near Houghton). The TPD officer was hit in the head and died this afternoon. The shooter also wounded another deputy somewhere along the way.
The shooter was finally captured near Molina Basin on Mt. Lemon Hwy. In jail on $2.5 million bond (probably soon to be revoked due to the death).
My condolences to the family of Officer Hite.