Man dead after deputy-involved shooting in Guadalupe

Tomas Ramirez-Martinez, 42, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, but later died.
Published: May. 19, 2023 at 10:42 PM MST|Updated: May. 20, 2023 at 12:37 PM MST
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GUADALUPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - A man is dead after an deputy-involved shooting in Guadalupe Friday night.

Details are limited, but around 9:40 p.m., the Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a person with a gun near Calle Guadalupe and the Highland canal. When they arrived, deputies tried to reach 42-year-old Tomas Ramirez-Martinez.

That’s when the deputy-involved shooting broke out. Ramirez-Martinez was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries where he later died. No one else was injured.

This is the 30th officer-involved shooting in Maricopa County since the start of 2023.