4 shot outside strip club; no arrests made
TUCSON — Police say four people were shot after gunfire erupted in the parking lot of a strip club.
Tucson police Sgt. Chris Widmer says an officer who was near Ten’s Showclub on Speedway Boulevard heard gunfire just before 1 a.m. Saturday and rushed to the scene. The officer found crowds in the parking lot and vehicles rushing to leave.
After the lot cleared out, four men were found with gunshot wounds. Widmer says one man was hit in the head and has life-threatening injuries but the other men have non-serious wounds. All were taken to local hospitals for treatment.
Widmer says there apparently was an exchange of gunfire between at least two people.
Detectives interviewed about a dozen people but have not made any arrests.
New trial date set in Casa Grande bombing
PHOENIX — A new trial date has been set for a man charged with detonating a homemade explosive device outside a Social Security Administration building in Casa Grande.
Abdullatif Ali Aldosary’s trial date was moved from Feb. 5 to April 2.
Authorities say the 47-year-old researched bombmaking materials and gathered chemicals. No one was injured in the Nov. 30 blast. Aldosary has pleaded not guilty to charges of maliciously damaging federal property by means of explosives and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Authorities have declined to provide details about the case, including any potential motive and whether they suspect Aldosary was working alone or with others.
Tucson police say shots fired outside mall
TUCSON — Police say no one was hurt when someone fired at least two shots outside a mall.
Tucson police Sgt. Chris Widmer says officers could not find whoever fired the shots outside the mall during busy holiday-shopping hours about 7 p.m. Friday .
person who called 911 told dispatchers someone shot at a vehicle in the parking lot.
Widmer says that the man who was apparently targeted drove away and that a check of area hospitals did not turn up a wounded person.
Crop-dust chemicals spray 42 farmworkers
YUMA — Ten farmworkers have been released from a hospital after a crop-dusting plane sprayed them with agricultural chemicals.
Rural/Metro Fire Department officials say Friday night’s incident exposed more than 40 farmworkers and required them all to be decontaminated. That involved the workers stripping off their clothes in the cold night air and being sprayed with a fire hose.
Many of the workers complained of irritation to the eyes, nose, throat and skin.
Fire Capt. Don Graham tells the Yuma that two workers were in a field about 5 miles west of Yuma and 40 others were in buses.
Yuma Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Shay Andres says 10 patients were treated and all were released by Saturday morning.
The name of the chemical and the crop-dusting company were not released.