Three police officers have been identified who were involved in a deadly shootout with a man they were trying to arrest earlier this month.
Aaron Martinka, 28, was also shot and killed on March 3 during a traffic stop near North Campbell Avenue and East Grant Road, according to a Pima County Regional Major Incidents Team news release on Friday. identified as a man who was
According to a news release, police tried to use a device to stop the car Martinka was driving, but it failed and he sped off. said to have collided with a car.
Martinka opened fire as the officers approached the car. Officers returned fire and Martinka was fatally injured, Release said.
A female passenger injured in the wreck was taken to hospital. She was also wanted in connection with an aggravated assault, police said.
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The woman was taken to hospital, but her injuries are said to be non-life-threatening.
The officer involved in the shooting is 11-year TPD veteran Bradley Kush. Adam Smith, his TPD veteran of 15 years. According to a news release, he is Joe Buck, his ten-year veteran of TPD.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the Pascuayaki Police Department are leading the criminal investigation. TPD is conducting another administrative investigation.
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Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Please contact her at her email at jdonnelly@tucson.com.
