The following is preliminary information and may change as the investigation unfolds.
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At 7:41 p.m., two of our detectives attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a passenger vehicle in Tucson east of South Craycroft Road and East Speedway Boulevard, for reckless driving [a criminal traffic violation] and failure to obey a traffic control device [a civil traffic violation].
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The driver of that vehicle failed to yield and eventually drove into the Summit Hut parking lot at 5251 East Speedway Boulevard.
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The vehicle traveled around to the rear of the Summit Hut parking lot in an apparent attempt to evade our detectives.
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The driver turned the vehicle around facing our detectives head-on and stopped.
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Our detective stopped his patrol vehicle; both detectives then approached the suspect vehicle on foot in order to make contact with the driver for the violations.
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The driver accelerated towards our detectives and one of our detectives fired at the driver.Ā
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The vehicle turned abruptly and struck a fence and a spinning tire caused a small fire at the rear of the vehicle.
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Tucson Fire Department arrived on scene and extinguished the fire.Ā
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The driver, a black male, 25-30 years old, was pronounced deceased on scene from one or more gunshot wounds.
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