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MESA, Ariz. (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire inside a motel room in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa on Wednesday, killing a man and wounding two women, then shot three more people as he sought to elude an exhaustive manhunt that ended in his capture, police said.
Officers using a stun gun subdued the suspected gunman at a vacant condominium where he had taken refuge, some four hours after the initial shooting, Mesa police spokesman Esteban Flores told reporters.
"At this time we believe he is responsible for each and every one of these shootings," Flores said. Police said the motive for the rampage was still unclear but that the initial gunfire erupted following an argument at the motel.
"Everything else seemed to be random at that point," Flores said. "We believe his motive at the other locations was robbery and carjackings and just trying to get away."
Local NBC affiliate 12 News showed the man being led out of the residential complex in a white full-body suit, his wrists shackled, and taken to a local hospital.
"That is something investigators use if they’re going to be protecting his clothing for evidence," Flores said of the suit.
The suspected gunman was not publicly named by authorities, but the Arizona Republic newspaper identified him as Ryan Elliot Giroux, citing an unnamed Mesa police source.
Anti-hate group the Southern Poverty Law Center, citing a retired Mesa police detective, identified Giroux, 41, as a member of skinhead and white supremacist groups who had served prison time for burglary and marijuana possession and attempted aggravated assault.
The violence began at the Tri City Inn when the gunman opened fire on a man and two women following some kind of altercation, then fled to a nearby restaurant where he shot and wounded a student while carjacking the man's vehicle, Flores said.
The suspect then drove to two nearby apartment complexes, shooting one person at each, Flores said. The man shot at the motel died.
One of the surviving victims was listed in critical condition at a Phoenix-area hospital. Authorities did not immediately release information on the remaining victims.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said in a statement he had spoken to the mayor of Mesa and offered resources, including from the Department of Public Safety.
(Reporting by David Schwartz; Additional reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Lisa Lambert, Bill Trott, Eric Beech and Mohammad Zargham)
Officers using a stun gun subdued the suspected gunman at a vacant condominium where he had taken refuge, some four hours after the initial shooting, Mesa police spokesman Esteban Flores told reporters.
"At this time we believe he is responsible for each and every one of these shootings," Flores said. Police said the motive for the rampage was still unclear but that the initial gunfire erupted following an argument at the motel.
"Everything else seemed to be random at that point," Flores said. "We believe his motive at the other locations was robbery and carjackings and just trying to get away."
Local NBC affiliate 12 News showed the man being led out of the residential complex in a white full-body suit, his wrists shackled, and taken to a local hospital.
"That is something investigators use if they’re going to be protecting his clothing for evidence," Flores said of the suit.
The suspected gunman was not publicly named by authorities, but the Arizona Republic newspaper identified him as Ryan Elliot Giroux, citing an unnamed Mesa police source.
Anti-hate group the Southern Poverty Law Center, citing a retired Mesa police detective, identified Giroux, 41, as a member of skinhead and white supremacist groups who had served prison time for burglary and marijuana possession and attempted aggravated assault.
The violence began at the Tri City Inn when the gunman opened fire on a man and two women following some kind of altercation, then fled to a nearby restaurant where he shot and wounded a student while carjacking the man's vehicle, Flores said.
The suspect then drove to two nearby apartment complexes, shooting one person at each, Flores said. The man shot at the motel died.
One of the surviving victims was listed in critical condition at a Phoenix-area hospital. Authorities did not immediately release information on the remaining victims.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said in a statement he had spoken to the mayor of Mesa and offered resources, including from the Department of Public Safety.
(Reporting by David Schwartz; Additional reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Lisa Lambert, Bill Trott, Eric Beech and Mohammad Zargham)
I was only trying to help... peep my pic in the post above about right clicking and immediately searching google for the pic if you use chrome.
Also, depending on when this pic was taken you might have it saved on a USB stick somewhere or if you took it more recently you might have uploaded it to facebook or IG and just have it saved in some hella obscure album you forgot existed... these are just my ideas tho
EDIT: just read your post, nevermind
Also, depending on when this pic was taken you might have it saved on a USB stick somewhere or if you took it more recently you might have uploaded it to facebook or IG and just have it saved in some hella obscure album you forgot existed... these are just my ideas tho
EDIT: just read your post, nevermind
and the guy will be "mentally disturbed" instead of a "thug gangster" or "terrorist"
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu gotta drive to the airport in like 2 hours. Hate driving to the airport. Shit takes like an hour and it's through the worst traffic area of the city.
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