Police have arrested a woman in connection with a south-side shooting where the victim was dropped off downtown, authorities said.
On Thursday at 3 p.m., police received reports of a shots fired call in the 3000 block of South 12th Avenue, said Sgt. Pete Dugan, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
A vehicle sped off from the scene, Dugan said.
Minutes later another 911 call reported that a man with a gunshot wound was brought to the Interstate 10 frontage road and West Cushing Street by a woman in a vehicle who said her friend was shot, said Dugan.
The woman flagged down officers in the area, and the officers pulled the man out of the car and began treating him until paramedics arrived, Dugan said. He said the man was shot in the chest area.
The location where the woman stopped is near a downtown Tucson Fire Department station. Paramedics took the man to Banner-University Medical Center. He was listed in stable condition, and his wound does not appear life-threatening, said Dugan.
Detectives also responded to the residence, and after receiving conflicting stories from people in the car and house, police obtained search warrants for both locations.
Police found handguns in the vehicle and arrested the woman, who was a prohibited possessor of firearms, Dugan said.
Detectives have determined that both calls were related and that an altercation took place inside the residence, during which the victim was shot.
There was evidence of shots fired at the home, including a bullet hole in one of the windows, Dugan said.
"This was not a random act of violence," he said. "The parties involved knew each other."
Everyone involved in the shooting have been identified, and police are in the process of conducting interviews, Dugan said.
No other arrests have been made due to the conflicting information.
"We need the other side of what's going on here," Dugan said.
Anyone with any information is asked to call 88-CRIME.
