QUEEN CREEK, AZ — One man is hospitalized, and another is dead after a shooting involving law enforcement during a barricade situation in the Queen Creek area overnight.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials were first called to a home near Sossaman Road and Hunt Highway on Monday night for reports of a shooting.
MCSO told ABC15 that a man was shot and taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. As of April 20, that man remains in stable condition.
Details of what led to the original shooting have not been provided.
Following the shooting, the suspect barricaded himself inside a home, and deputies, along with Queen Creek police officers, worked to apprehend him.
MCSO says at some point during the incident, a shooting involving Queen Creek officers occurred. The suspect was taken to a hospital and later died. He has been identified as 45-year-old Nathan King.
No officers were injured.
