A Quik Mart employee was killed in a deadly beer robbery early Saturday, police said.
Just before 5 a.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to 6301 Park Ave. near East Valencia Road for a welfare check on an employee at the Mart, the Tucson Police Department said in a news release.
Inside the store, officers and Tucson Fire medics found Toby Lee Uribe, 47, with gunshot trauma. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Just before 3 a.m., two men entered the store. One of them forced open a beer cooler and the second man pointed a gun at Uribe, police said.
As the first man walked out the second man shot Uribe.
Three men face charges in connection to fatal shooting on south side Three men arrested in connection to a fatal shooting on Dec. 19 (Source: Tucson Police Department) By KOLD News 13 Staff | December 20, 2020 at 4:02 PM MST - Updated December 20 at 4:02 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The Tucson Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred yesterday morning on Tucson’s South Side.
On December 19, 2020, shortly before 5 a.m., officers from Operations Division South were dispatched to the Quick Mart located at 6301 S. Park Ave. for the report of a check welfare on an employee.
Officers responded and entered the business where they located an adult male victim with obvious signs of gunshot trauma. Tucson Fire Medics also responded to the scene and pronounced the male deceased. The victim has been identified as 47-year-old Toby Lee Uribe. Next of kin has been notified.