TEMPE, AZ — Two people have died after a shooting at a shopping center in Tempe on Monday morning, police say.
First responders were called to the scene near Rural and Guadalupe roads around 9 a.m. When they arrived, they located two shooting victims at a Little Caesars Pizza location.
Both victims were taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Monday afternoon, Tempe police said that both victims, a man and a woman who were employees of the pizza shop, had died from their injuries.
Tempe police have identified the victims as 32-year-old Shaquille Simmons and 21-year-old Mary Visser.
The suspect reportedly remained at the scene and was detained by police. Police have identified the suspect as 27-year-old Benjamin Visser Jr.
Police say Benjamin and Mary were married.
Visser Jr. was arrested and booked into jail. He is facing two charges of first-degree murder.
The shooting was the first of two deadly shootings at Tempe shopping centers on Monday morning.
A couple of hours later, police were called to Tempe Marketplace for a report of a person shot. The victim, a man, later died of his injuries.
