A Tucson police officer who stopped a man on a shooting spree is being honored. The gunman killed three people, including an EMT, and injured a fire captain.
Jamie Donnelly A Tucson Police Department officer is being honored for his role in stopping the man behind the July 18 attacks that left three people dead and one injured.
On July 18, Leslie Scarlett killed his girlfriend and set her house on fire before driving to Quincie Douglas Park and ambushing two EMTs inside an AMR ambulance, killing the driver. Scarlett then returned to the house and fired rounds at neighbors and Tucson Fire Department personnel, killing a neighbor and injuring a fire captain.
“Under such highly charged conditions, both his courage and his marksmanship were extraordinary,” Petersen said in the awards submission. “Officer Leon’s actions prevented a mass shooter from further endangering the public. We’ll never know how many more lives he saved that day.”
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