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SPRING 2022

MURDER #16

Police: Man fatally shot in midtown was trespassing

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By KOLD News 13 Staff

Published: Feb. 21, 2022 at 3:14 PM MST|Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 3:19 PM MST

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Tucson police are investigating after a 51-year-old man was found shot to death at a midtown home on Sunday, Feb. 20.

Authorities said they were called shortly before 9:30 p.m. to a home in the 3500 block of East Flower Street, where they found Stevan McKinney in the backyard of a home there with gunshot wounds.

Officers treated McKinney at the scene, but he was ultimately pronounced dead there.

Detectives say they determined McKinney and several other people had been trespassing in the backyard when they were asked to leave. McKinney reportedly took out a gun and was subsequently shot.

On Monday, police said, there were no outstanding suspects.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call 88-CRIME.

UPDATED INFORMATION

Someone shot and killed a man who was trespassing in their yard near Dodge Boulevard and Grant Road in Tucson on Sunday night, police said.

The man who died was identified as 51-year-old Stevan McKinney.

Officers arrived to the scene around 9:30 p.m. where they found McKinney in someone else's backyard with "obvious gunshot trauma," Tucson police spokesperson Sgt. Richard Gradillas said.

Tucson police and fire attempted life-saving efforts, but McKinney was pronounced dead on scene.

Detectives from the homicide unit investigated the scene. They learned that McKinney was trespassing in the yard with other people.

Police said the people responsible for the home asked the trespassers to leave, but they refused. A confrontation started at which time McKinney showed he had a firearm, so someone shot him, Gradillas said.

Police did not identify the shooter as of Monday, although it appears they are cooperating with police, because Gradillas said no other suspects were wanted. The shooting is being investigated as a homicide.