Saturday, December 27, 2008

Suspect Dies After Confrontation With Pinal County Sheriff's Deputies

At approx. 3 am this morning, Pinal County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a domestic violence call on the 4500 block of Rolling Ridge Road in unincorporated Pinal County east of the town of Queen Creek. According to investigators, when the deputies arrived, a suspect was outside waiting for them and fired a shot toward the deputies. At that time, deputies returned fire to neutralize the threat and the suspect. The suspect, David Hogue, 55, of Queen Creek, sustained life-threatening injuries and was flown via helicopter to Scottsdale Osbourn Hospital. Hogue later died at the hospital from his injuries.