A man who was shot and wounded by Tucson police officers when he brandished a BB gun was released from the hospital Tuesday and booked into jail.
Carlos Alegria, 41, faces three counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer with a simulated weapon and five counts of disorderly conduct with a dangerous instrument, said police.
On March 15, Alegria brandished a BB gun when officers attempted to talk to him, and he was shot multiple times. He was taken to the hospital and was in stable condition after the shooting.
At about 9:30 a.m. a week ago Tuesday, four officers responded to a 911 call about a man with a knife who was threatening construction workers in the 5600 block of East Pima Street, said Sgt. Pete Dugan, a Tucson Police Department spokesman. The midtown neighborhood is near North Craycroft Road.
Officers found the man walking down the street with a knife in his hand. Police approached him and attempted to talk with him when he pulled out what appeared to be a handgun, Dugan said.
Moments later shots were fired and the man was struck multiple times. The two officers who fired their weapons were Mark Molina, a 19-year veteran of the department, and Gary Rosebeck, an eight-year veteran, Dugan said.
No officers were injured during the incident.
During the investigation, one witness told police the suspect was holding a knife as police responded. Another witness saw him pull out a gun as officers were speaking to him, said Dugan.
Detectives from the violent crimes section conducted a criminal investigation into the shooting.
An administrative investigation was conducted by the Office of Professional Standards, formerly internal affairs, to see whether officers followed departmental rules and procedures. This is standard protocol in all shootings involving officers.
