close
close

Pasteleria-edelweiss

Real-time news, timeless knowledge

3 dead in two shootings on Westside Trail in two weeks
bigrus

3 dead in two shootings on Westside Trail in two weeks

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) – Abreeza Zeeger picked up trash at the Enchanted Hills Trailhead on Tucson’s west side on Monday, her bag blowing behind her in the wind. It was no surprise to him when he found the alcohol cans.

You can find him picking up trash in the morning almost every day, and he said he often finds teenagers and young adults partying with alcohol and weed.

“I was here picking up trash in the morning while they were still here partying,” he said.

He said the party has been going on for thirty years and young people have been attending every weekend for years.

He said five years ago in his neighborhood, about a mile away, people walked by and fired a gun.

“Maybe they don’t realize or don’t care that bullets don’t stop 100 meters away. They can travel,” Zegeer said.

He said people also opened fire at the beginning of the road and there were holes in visible signs at the beginning of the road.

In the past two weeks, three people, including a minor, were killed in two shootings at the Enchanted Hills Trailhead near 36th Street and Mockingbird Lane.

There are now three separate monuments dedicated to people who died.

Last Saturday, the Tucson Police Department said there was a shooting at the trailhead around 2:30 in the morning. 20-year-old Jesus Fierro was shot and killed. They said 20-year-old Freddie Hudson was also shot and taken to a hospital, where he died.

Zegeer said he could still see blood at the beginning of the trail.

“No one wants to hear that a young man died that way,” he said.

Exactly two weeks ago, TPD said 17-year-old Keven Yanez Acuñez died near the same road around two-thirty in the morning. He later died in a nearby hospital.

“I’m sorry this happened, but as one person I can’t do anything about it,” Zegeer said.

The Tucson Police Department said they are still investigating these two cases but have not found any information that the two stations are connected. They said no arrests have been made so far.

TPD said the Southside division has been cooperating with Pima County to improve security measures in the area, even before the shootings.

“There are more patrols here, starting around 10 o’clock and going out every few hours,” Zegeer said he hopes.

——-
Andrew Christiansen like that KGUN 9 reporter. Prior to joining the team, Andrew reported for KRIS6 News, Action 10 News in Corpus Christi, Texas, and guest reported in Spanish for Telemundo Corpus Christi. Share your story ideas with Andrew by emailing [email protected] or by connecting Facebookor excitement.

—-

STAY IN CONTACT WITH US ANYTIME, ANYWHERE