Homicide suspect connected to house party shooting in Pima County
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A Tucson teen already facing a homicide charge has been connected to a house party shooting.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Jose Francisco Fernandez, 18, was identified as a suspect in a house party shooting that happened early Sunday, July 16.
In that incident, deputies were called to a home in the 9300 block of North Monmouth Court, which is near Overton and Shannon roads. Authorities said the shooting happened after a large group of people began fighting outside of a house. Two people were injured in the shooting but survived.
No suspects were identified until a forensic investigation connected Fernandez to the house party shooting. He is facing a charge of disorderly conduct with a weapon.
The PCSD said Fernandez was already in the Pima County Adult Detention Complex on a murder charge.
Authorities said Fernandez and 19-year-old Tony Davis Jr. fatally shot Jesus Alfonso Castro Duarte at a mobile home park in the 800 block of West Prince Road on Sept. 19.
For Duarte’s death, Fernandez is facing a murder charge and is being held on a $1 million bond.
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