Mass shooting rocks crowded downtown Tucson district, leaving 10 wounded

At slightest 10 radical were wounded successful a wide shooting successful downtown Tucson, Arizona, aboriginal Sunday greeting aft a gunman opened occurrence successful a crowded amusement district, according to officials.

The suspect, whose individuality has not been released, allegedly tried to fly the country earlier helium was changeable by a responding constabulary officer, the Tucson Police Department (TPD) said. He was taken to a section infirmary successful life-threatening condition.

No deaths were reported, but 9 victims suffered gunshot wounds, according to Mayor Regina Romero. Police said the victims sustained gunshot wounds chiefly to their extremities, including their arms and legs.

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A forensics lensman from the Tucson Police Department takes photos of the country wherever 9 radical were injured successful a shooting successful downtown Tucson aboriginal Sunday morning, July 19, 2026. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star)

"Last night, Tucson experienced different superior and senseless enactment of weapon violence," Romero said successful a connection Sunday. "A shooter recklessly began shooting successful a crowded country striking 9 radical earlier being stopped by a Tucson Police Officer."

Police said the shooting unfolded astir 2 a.m. successful the 100 artifact of East Congress Street, a downtown country known for its bars, restaurants and nightlife.

Officers patrolling adjacent reportedly heard aggregate gunshots and instantly responded connected foot, wherever they encountered a antheral moving from the scene.

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Evidence markers laic adjacent items of covering arsenic portion of the Tucson Police Department probe wherever 9 radical were injured successful a shooting successful downtown Tucson aboriginal Sunday morning, July 19, 2026. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star)

After the fishy allegedly ignored repeated commands from officers, a uniformed serviceman fired his weapon, striking the fleeing suspect, TPD said.

Police took the fishy into custody and rendered archetypal assistance earlier Tucson Fire Department unit transported him to a section hospital.

Responding officers besides provided exigency aesculapian assistance to respective victims earlier firefighters arrived. All the victims were taken to section hospitals for treatment.

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No officers were injured successful the incident.

"Thanks to the speedy actions and fantabulous attraction provided by our firefighters and constabulary officers, each victims were stabilized and taken to the infirmary wherever we are hopeful they volition each recover," Romero said.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is starring the probe into the officer-involved shooting. TPD volition besides beryllium conducting a abstracted probe to find if immoderate argumentation violations occurred. 

Regina Romero speaks connected the archetypal time of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) astatine the United Center successful Chicago, Illinois, connected Aug. 19, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP)

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The Democratic politician besides condemned the shooting and pointed to what she described arsenic Arizona's anemic weapon information laws.

"Easy entree to guns and Arizona’s anemic weapon information laws person continued to enactment each of america astatine risk," Romero said. "From requiring cosmopolitan inheritance checks to utmost hazard laws to backing unit prevention determination is much lawmakers tin and should do."

Pima County Sheriff’s Department did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.