Tucson Police, code lights

South Tucson police arrested a man in connection to a shooting Wednesday at an apartment complex.

Officers responded to a reported shooting just before 5 p.m. in the 300 block of East Benson Highway, near South Fourth Avenue.

A wounded woman was found at the scene and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Witnesses told officers the gunman fired several rounds into an apartment then fled.

Later, Tucson police stopped a car linked to the shooting. Leonel Jurado, 38, was arrested. A gun was later recovered, police said.

Jurado was arrested on suspicion of two counts of aggravated assault, discharging a firearm into a residential structure and prohibited possessor.


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Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com