The 32-year-old armed suspect was shot and killed last month after stealing sunglasses from a Tucson Best Buy store and shooting at officers.
Jamie Donnelly A man who was shot and killed by a Tucson police officer last month on the city’s east side was seen stealing sunglasses and shooting at officers, video footage shows.
At 11:45 a.m. a Sun Tran driver called officers after seeing a man who matched King’s description walking toward the 7400 block of East Broadway. Officer Richard Valentine, a one-year veteran of TPD, was first to arrive on scene and make contact with King. King then fled behind a nearby business, firing at least one round at a mother and daughter in a car, police said. They were not injured.
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