Homicide Notebook Project

Homicide #4

Preliminary Information

At least one dead in shooting at Tucson apartment complex

At least one person died in a double shooting at a Tucson apartment complex near East Irvington Road and South Park Avenue.(KOLD News 13)

By KOLD News 13 Staff

Published: Jan. 21, 2022 at 11:10 AM MST|Updated: 2 hours ago

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - At least one person died in a double shooting at a Tucson apartment complex late Thursday, Jan. 20.

The Tucson Police Department confirmed it happened at a complex near East Irvington Road and South Park Avenue.

The TPD said two people were shot and one died.

A 36-year-old woman was killed and a man was injured in a shooting on Tucson's south side Thursday 1/20. 

The shooting happened at an apartment complex on Campbell Avenue, near Bilby Road, just after 11 p.m., Tucson police said.

Alejandra Valles Valenzuela and the man were leaving the complex in an SUV when they were stopped by an unknown person and a confrontation ensued, police said. 

The person shot into the SUV, striking Valenzuela and the man. 

The pair drove away, stopping in the 1100 block of East Irvington Road, near Park Avenue. Valenzuela was found in a parking lot where she was pronounced dead. The man was taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries. 

Police are working to determine what led to the confrontation and shooting. No arrests have been made. 

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.