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TUCSON (KVOA) - The man who reportedly shot and killed at least one person during Sunday s shootings on Tucson s south side was identified by Tucson Police Department during a press conference held Monday afternoon.
In Monday s briefing, Chief Chris Magnus shared that the suspect, later identified as 35-year-old Leslie Stephen Scarlett, left the scene of a house fire located in 2100 block of E. Irene Vista, near South Kino Parkway and 36th Street, and opened fire at an America Medical Response ambulance, that was stationed at Quincie Douglas Center at around 3:45 p.m. in reference to an unrelated medical incident.
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A Tucson neighborhood was embroiled in chaos and bloodshed Sunday afternoon after a suspected gunman shot two paramedics and then turned his gun on firefighters and neighbors attempting to extinguish a nearby house fire, killing one, before an officer shot him. We saw really a nightmare scenario play out with near-simultaneous events at separate but nearby locations. This created a level of chaos that made the situation extremely challenging, Tucson police Chief Chris Magnus said.
Leslie Scarlett, 35,
is accused of opening fire on an ambulance crew around 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Magnus said.
Tucson Fire crews were sent to extinguish a house fire in the 2100 block of East Irene Vista near South Kino Parkway and East 36th Street, while a team of medics were responding to a medical emergency at Quincie Douglas Park for an unrelated medical call, police spokesperson Sgt. Richard Gradillas told The Republic.
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By The Associated Press, AP
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) A series of attacks Sunday afternoon in Arizona have ended with five people shot, including one fatality, and two or three children missing, Tucson police said. The suspect in the attacks was critically wounded by an officer.
A 35-year-old man is accused of opening fire on an ambulance crew around 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Tucson police Chief Chris Magnus told news outlets. The driver of the ambulance, a 20-year-old man, was shot in the head, and a paramedic in the passengers seat, a 21-year-old woman, was shot in the chest and arm. The man was in critical condition and the woman was stable.