State Glance
Police: 1 person dead after shooting at an El Mirage home
EL MIRAGE — Authorities say one person is dead after a shooting at an El Mirage home.
El Mirage police say the shooting occurred at a house near Thompson Ranch and Greenway roads just before 10 a.m. Sunday.
They say one person was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound and was later pronounced dead.
The name and age of the person wasn’t immediately released and police didn’t disclose any other details about the shooting.
El Mirage is located about 25 miles west of Phoenix.
Phoenix police ID man fatally shot while restraining woman
PHOENIX — Authorities have released the name of a man who was fatally shot by a Phoenix police officer.
They say 43-year-old Thomas Aikens has been identified as the man shot Friday while restraining a woman and holding a knife to her neck.
Police say Aikens was shot near a downtown Phoenix park by an officer using a rifle.
Officers were called to the area and found Aikens sitting with his back to a garage in an alley and holding the unidentified 57-year-old woman.
Police officers tried to get him to let the woman go, but Aikens refused and allegedly told them he was sitting on a bomb. After the shooting, police found Aiken had wrapped a chain around the woman to keep her from fleeing.
Police say the woman wasn’t injured.
1 dead, 2 others hurt in carpedestrian accident
PHOENIX — Authorities say one person is dead and two others seriously injured after a crash involving a car and a pedestrian in west Phoenix.
Officials with the Phoenix Fire Department say two men — ages 18 and 21 — have been taken to a trauma facility after the crash that occurred about 5:15 a.m. Sunday.
Authorities say three men were walking in the eastbound lanes of Camelback Road when they were struck by a vehicle.
Police investigators say distracted driving may have been a factor in the collision. They say the driver remained on scene.
Sahuarita police: Pedestrian is dead after being hit by car
SAHUARITA — Authorities say a pedestrian is dead after being hit by a car in the southern Arizona town of Sahuarita.
Sahuarita police say officers responded to the scene Saturday night just east of Nogales Highway.
First responders pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene.
The name and age of the dead person haven’t been released yet.
Sahuarita police say the crash remains under investigation.
Legislator Operates On Legislator
PHOENIX — An Arizona lawmaker who needed emergency surgery got a shock when her surgeon turned out to be a fellow legislator.
State Rep. Lela Alston says she was visiting Tucson last month when she came down with a sudden case of appendicitis.
She was completely taken by surprise when fellow Democrat and trauma surgeon, Rep. Randy Friese, walked into her hospital room.
Friese happened to be pulling a shift Oct. 28.
Friese says he was also shocked to see Alston since she lives in Phoenix.
Alston says she is taking it easy at home and expects to be fully recovered by the time the legislative session starts in January.
Alston says she doesn’t want to ruin Friese’s good work.