Police were searching for a man suspected in an aggravated assault when SWAT officers tried to stop a vehicle near East Grant Road and North Park Avenue, police said in a news release.
Jamie Donnelly Tucson Police officers shot and killed a man after a short chase and gunfight Friday night, officials say.A pursuit ensued but ended when the driver crashed into a vehicle just west of North Campbell Avenue and East Grant Road, police said.The driver was struck and pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman in the car was taken to Banner University Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.Police say they pursued the car because they had cause to arrest the driver on suspicion of two counts of aggravated assault, one count of being prohibited possessor and one count of discharging a firearm within city limits. The woman passenger also was linked to the assault case, police said.
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