A man was hit and killed by a semi-truck in Yuma County on Wednesday after a police chase that began with multiple carjackings, police said.

Police said Alfredo Panduro Zendejas, 44, is suspected of stealing firearms and a vehicle ahead of a deadly police chase where he reportedly opened fire on an Arizona Department of Public Safety vehicle.

Around 7:45 a.m., the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office received a report of the theft of a large water tanker and two firearms near Arabby Road and County 9 ½ Street in Yuma, Yuma police said. Stated. Just before 9:12 a.m., police announced that Zendejas threatened a woman with a gun while attempting to carjack her on East Her 40th Street near 12th Street in East County.