South Tucson Police have identified a man fatally shot in South Tucson last week as 32-year-old Clayton Eugene Francisco.

The shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. Feb. 11 near South Sixth Avenue and East 40th Street, Lt. Jeff Inorio, a South Tucson Police Department spokesman said in a news release.

Officers responding to a report of gunshots found the man lying in the road with a gunshot wound to the head, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, the release said.

Witnesses said an altercation happened between two men before the shooting.

A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the shooter.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.


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