PHOENIX — A suspect in a hit-and-run incident Tuesday is dead in Queen Creek after a shooting that involved police, authorities said.
The Queen Creek Police Department announced around 6:30 p.m. that there was no further threat to the Ironwood Crossing community, which is located near Ironwood and Ocotillo roads.
Queen Creek police had been searching for an “armed and dangerous” person believed to be connected with the hit-and-run.
The Mesa Police Department — who is handling the investigation into the officer-involved shooting as part of the East Valley Critical Response Team — identified the man as 23-year-old Gaven Johnson.
According to Mesa police, Johnson had a firearm and shot a round at officers, striking two of them.
One of the officers was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries before being discharged. The other was treated at the scene.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
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It was the second of two deadly shootings involving Valley police officers on Tuesday.
A shoplifting suspect who allegedly reached for an officer’s gun was shot and killed in Goodyear a few hours earlier.
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