MESA, AZ — Mesa police officers were involved in a shooting Wednesday morning near Alma School Road and University Drive after 7 a.m.
Police say the suspect was taken to the trauma center in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. No officers were hurt.
According to police, the suspect allegedly shot a handgun into an apartment before running across the street into a nearby neighborhood.
When the suspect made it to the neighborhood, police made contact with the person.
The suspect shot at police and Mesa police returned fire. No officers were hit by the gunfire.
“I heard some pops out here and it was a gun. I knew it wasn’t firecrackers it was a gun," said a neighbor we spoke with, Burton Pitzer, who ran into the alleged shooter in the apartment complex where things began
“He looked at me and said ‘do you hear any shots?’ and I was like ‘what?’ and went back in the apartment. Like I don’t know who this guy is, none of this stuff. He could’ve shot me right there.” said Pitzer.
An investigation is ongoing.
