Arizona shooting spree suspect allegedly told police he believed people were after him in the wake of a separate shooting he was involved in while working at a restaurant last month, according to court documents.
One person is dead and a dozen people injured after an apparent drive-by shooting spree near Phoenix, authorities said.targeting pedestrians and vehicles throughout metropolitan Phoenix on Thursday is a teenage security guard who allegedly told police he believed people were after him in the wake of a separate shooting he was involved in while working at a restaurant last month, according to court documents.
Police said Friday they have not yet identified a motive in the complex case, which involved at least eight different shooting incidents over the course of a 90-minute period Thursday morning throughout the West Valley, according to the Peoria Police Department, which is leading the investigation.The victims ranged in age from 19 to 56, police said. A 56-year-old man was fatally shot, and three other victims suffered gunshot wounds. Others were injured by broken glass.
"Ashin thinks every vehicle and person he drives past is pointing a gun at him," the court documents stated.The Phoenix Police Department confirmed to ABC News that Tricarico was involved in a shooting on May 5 at a restaurant where he was working as a licensed armed security guard. During the interview with detectives after his arrest, Tricarico allegedly admitted to committing some of Thursday's shootings and claimed he was shot at or had a gun pointed at him during them.
He allegedly told police that in one of the shooting incidents, a pedestrian shot at him"so he shot back," and in a second incident, a man in a car pointed a handgun at him"so he shot back at him."Police investigate one of at least eight shooting sites in West Valley, Arizona, on June 17, 2021.
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