Hourly Update

Police ID South Side shooting victim

Police have identified the man who was shot and killed in his South Side home Wednesday night as 29-year-old Juan Carlos Escoto-Ortega. The shooting was reported about 11 p.m. Wednesday night in the 4500 block of East 25th Street, near South Swan Road and East 22nd Street, said Sgt. Decio Hopffer, a Tucson Police Department spokesman. Escoto-Ortega was found dead at the scene with a gunshot wound, according to police. Homicide detectives are continuing to investigate and are following up on leads, Hopffer said. No motive has been established and no suspects have been identified, Hopffer said. Hopffer could not say whether the person who shot Escoto-Ortega forced entry into the home or if the home had been ransacked because the investigation is still ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.