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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 05.13.2008
Tucson police identified a man killed in an officer-involved shooting after the man fired randomly at people at a Midtown convenience store.
Christopher D. Burdon, 39, of the 2200 block of North Madelyn Avenue, died at the scene of the Monday shooting, said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
It was the second officer-involved shooting in two days.
Monday’s shooting occurred about 12:45 p.m. when a person called 911 and said a man was driving a dune buggy in a dirt lot near North Oracle and West Grant roads and was firing in the direction of a Circle K store.
“Numerous people were in the line of fire,” Pacheco said. No bystanders were injured.
Police don't know why Burdon started firing at people from the dirt lot, Pacheco said.
One officer arrived and positioned his patrol car east of the dirt lot on West Sahuaro and Burdon fired at him, Pacheco said. Meanwhile another officer, Luis Campos, who is part of the SWAT team approached Burdon moving south on North 11th Avenue from Grant Road.
When Burdon refused to obey commands to drop his firearm, Campos “observed the threat to citizens and the officer and fired at the suspect, striking and killing him,” according to a TPD news release.
Campos, an 8-year-veteran, used a rifle to kill the gunman.
Bill Dean, an employee at Big Sky Motorcycles, said he works across the street from where Burdon had been shooting his firearm.
Dean said Burdon had pulled into his dune buggy into the dirt lot about 10:15 a.m. and about two hours later he began driving around the lot pointing his gun at people and shooting.
So far this year there have been five officer-involved shootings in Tucson.
Contact reporter Dale Quinn at 629-9412 or at dquinn@azstarnet.com
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