{"id":196890,"date":"2026-04-14T15:03:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196890\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:03:39","slug":"suspect-dead-after-barricade-shooting-in-queen-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196890\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect dead after barricade, shooting in Queen Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4oiqdx3nbmjykspd.jpg\" alt=\"Shooting, barricade in Queen Creek leaves suspect dead\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. &#8211; A suspect is dead following an overnight shooting and barricade situation in the East Valley.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maricopa County<\/a> Sheriff&#8217;s Office says deputies and officers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/pinal-county\/queen-creek\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Queen Creek<\/a> Police Department responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/iBNYTAc1FdjD3kSb9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sossaman Road and San Tan Boulevard<\/a> on the night of April 13 for a shooting that sent a man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">After the shooting, deputies say the suspect barricaded himself inside a home.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;Following the initial shooting and contact with the suspect, an officer-involved shooting occurred,&#8221; MCSO said.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/queen-creek-shooting-and-barricade.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">A shooting and barricade situation on Monday night in Queen Creek left a suspect dead and a man hurt.  (KSAZ-TV)<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The suspect was taken to a hospital where he later died.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">No officers or deputies were hurt in the shooting.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">No identities were released. It&#8217;s unknown what events led up to the initial shooting.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;We will provide further updates once detectives have completed processing the scene and determined the full circumstances surrounding the incident,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MCSO<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/iBNYTAc1FdjD3kSb9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Map<\/a> of area where the incident happened:<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\/police-shootings\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police Shootings<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/pinal-county\/queen-creek\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Creek<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. &#8211; A suspect is dead following an overnight shooting and barricade situation in the East&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[26972,850,9,24,12,63,26973,242,5901,122,124,123,618],"class_list":{"0":"post-196890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-az","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-pinal-county","15":"tag-police-shootings","16":"tag-queen-creek","17":"tag-queens","18":"tag-queens-headlines","19":"tag-queens-news","20":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}