Tucson police are investigating the shooting death Friday afternoon of a man on the south side.

Officers were called just before 3 p.m. to the intersection of East 32nd Street and South Fremont Avenue for a man lying in the road. Officers found the man, who had been shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a Tucson Police Department news release.

Homicide and gang detectives were called to investigate. Witnesses told detectives the man had been shot multiple times by an unknown person, who left in a vehicle.

Anyone with information should call 911 or 88-CRIME.


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