QUEEN CREEK, AZ (AZFamily) \u2014 A police barricade is over with a suspect dead early Tuesday morning after a man was shot near Queen Creek. <\/p>\n
Maricopa County Sheriff\u2019s Office (MCSO) deputies and Queen Creek police officers responded to the area of 194th Street and San Tan Boulevard<\/a> late Monday night to get a suspect out of a home. <\/p>\n MCSO said a man had been shot and was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. It is unclear if the suspect and the victim knew each other. <\/p>\n While trying to get the suspect in custody, he barricaded himself inside the home, authorities said. When officers made contact with him, the officer-involved shooting happened. <\/p>\n The suspect was taken to the hospital after being shot, and he was later pronounced dead. MCSO has not publicly identified the suspect. <\/p>\n No officers were injured during this response. Details about the initial shooting are not available. <\/p>\n MCSO has taken over the investigation into this incident.<\/p>\n This officer-involved shooting is the 32nd in the state of Arizona in 2026.<\/p>\n See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n