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Pima County Sheriff's Dept. investigating fatal shooting

Posted at 7:51 AM, Aug 01, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-01 10:51:24-04

Pima County authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in a desert area near Tucson.

The Sheriff's Department says deputies responding to the shooting site Sunday evening learned there was a dispute between three men and that one of them was fatally wounded.

The dead man is identified as 26-year-old Carlos Jesus Baez-Lugo.

The Sheriff's Department says the other two men drove to a nearby fire station to report the incident and that they're cooperating with detectives.

The shooting site is near Valencia Road and Vahalla Road.