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 Rescue workers tend to a Tucson police officer wounded during a shooting spree Sunday morning that stretched across the city. The officer was reportedly in serious condition early Sunday. Photo By James S. Wood/ Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.01.2008
A Tucson Police officer shot in the head is in serious condition after a gunman went on shooting spree Sunday morning that also injured two Pima County Sheriff’s deputies.
David Nickolas Delich, 25, has been taken into custody in connection with the shootings, said Sheriff’s Department Bureau Chief Rick Kastigar.
The incident began just before 10 a.m. when Delich reportedly shot at two homes in the 8400 block of North Placita de la Manzana, near Shannon Road and Club Drive, Kastigar said. Delitch — who was clad in camouflage — was driving a red Mustang convertible and was armed with an assault rifle, officials said.
No one was struck in the initial incident.
A Sheriff’s deputy spotted Delich west of Ina and Oracle roads and began to pursue him but when they reached the intersection, the gunman fired, striking the deputy in the right shoulder, Kastigar said.
The deputy continued to chase the Mustang but lost sight of it, he said.
Other officers caught up with the Mustang near Swan and River roads and the chase resumed, Kastigar said. More shots were fired around the Tanque Verde Bridge at Wrightstown Road but no one was injured.
During that pursuit, in the area of Tanque Verde Road and Tomahawk Trail — near Houghton Road, the driver made an abrupt left turn and fired at a Tucson Police officer. The officer was shot in the head, Kastigar said. A helicopter took the wounded officer to University Medical Center.
The gunman made his way on to Mount Lemmon Highway where he would fire at another deputy, resulting in a mild wound to the head, Kastigar said.
Delitch was located at Molino Basin and taken into custody. Information on the charges he will be facing was not available.
The motive for the shooting spree was unknown early Sunday.
The deputies and the officer have been taken to University Medical Center, Kastigar said. The deputies suffered non life-threatening injuries but the officer is in very serious condition, he said.
Delich has been convicted of criminal trespass, according to online court records. Records also show that he has been arrested on charges of a marijuana violation and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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