A 39-year-old man was shot and killed Friday evening in a fight with an employee outside a pawn shop on Tucson's south side, Tucson police say.
The shooting happened just after 6 p.m. in the parking lot of a pawn shop in the 900 block of West Irvington Road, just east of Interstate 19, police said Saturday in a news release.
Michael Alex Montano Mendoza, 39, was fatally shot when investigators say he assaulted an employee while looking at an item that was for sale in the parking lot. The employee, an unidentified 24-year-old man, shot Mendoza during the fight, the news release said.
Mendoza died at the scene of the shooting.
Later, the employee called police and told them of the fight. He was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, police said.
No charges were immediately filed, but police say the case will be presented to the Pima County Attorney's Office for possible prosecution.
