The gunman in Friday night's murder-suicide inside a busy restaurant in the Foothills has been identified as a captain with the Tucson Fire Department, officials said.
Frederick Bair, 60, shot and killed a man and wounded his ex-wife before turning his gun on himself, said Deputy Cody Gress, a sheriff's department spokesman.
"The Tucson Fire Department is heart broken over the news regarding the shooting at La Encantada that occurred Friday night," department spokesman, Capt. Barrett Baker, wrote in a news release. "The department extends it thoughts and prayers to the families of this tragic event."
Bair worked in Tucson fire as an Emergency Management and Homeland Security Captain, Baker said.
The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. inside Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, a popular restaurant in the La Encantada mallΒ at North Campbell Avenue and East Skyline Drive.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they found Bair and another man already deceased.
The woman, who was shot in the leg, was taken to the hospital for treatment. There is no word on her condition.
Friends and colleagues of Bair expressed shock in posts on social media Saturday morning after he was identified as the shooter.
