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Arizona authorities are on the hunt for multiple suspects after an early morning shooting left a 23-year-old Tucson police recruit dead and his 23-year-old romantic partner, a Pima County corrections officer, hospitalized with a gunshot wound, according to investigators.
A spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department told Fox News Digital that deputies are searching for multiple suspects. They were described as Hispanic males wearing all black clothes and ski masks and traveling in a gray Acura MDX. Police said the piece over the gas cap may be missing.
Authorities initially described the couple as husband and wife but later said they were engaged. Sheriff Chris Nanos said they do share a child.
“This is a pretty sad day for law enforcement today,” he told reporters at a news briefing Wednesday.
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The initial call came in at 6 a.m. regarding a home in the 7700 block of South Enchanted Spring Drive, about 17 miles southwest of Tucson.
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Responding deputies found the male victim, later identified as TPD recruit Carlos Ramirez, dead and rushed the female to a hospital, where she was in stable condition, the sheriff said.
Tucson Police Chief Monica Prieto is asking anyone with information to call 911.
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Prieto called it both a “tragic event and tremendous loss for … our community, this city and our department.”
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Nanos said during a news briefing he expected to be briefed by detectives when more information is available.
A PCSD spokesperson said the shootings are not believed to be connected to the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, which took place on the other side of town at her home in Tucson’s Catalina Foothills Feb. 1.
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