Tucson Police, code lights

A 79-year-old man is dead following a confrontation in a parking lot in midtown Tucson that also left a woman injured. 

Tucson police are looking for the person who struck Anthony Ames and a woman with a vehicle on March 25, just before 4:30 p.m. 

Police were called to the 1000 block of North Columbus Boulevard, near Speedway, where they found the pair with serious, life-threatening injuries. They were taken to a local hospital. Ames later died on April 2. 

Police determined the incident wasn't a pedestrian accident. They learned that during a confrontation in the parking lot, the suspect struck the pair with a vehicle and then left the area on foot, a news release said. 

No further information was immediately released. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME, the anonymous tip line. 


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