A 43-year-old man was killed in a gunfight Tuesday night at a Tucson convenience store, Tucson police say.
Just after 8 p.m., police were called to a the store in the 5100 block of East Speedway, just east of North Rosemont Boulevard for a reported shooting, police said Wednesday in a news release.
Ryan Edward Brean was found wounded behind the business and died at the scene, the release said.
Soon after, police were told that a 34-year-old man arrived at a hospital with with a gunshot wound. Investigators soon linked the two incidents, the release said.
Brean and the wounded man were in an altercation at the store that escalated into a gunfight, investigators say. The unidentified man at the hospital was treated and released, police said in the news release.
No one else at the gas station was injured.
The investigation continues. Anyone with information is asked to 88-CRIME, the anonymous tip line.
