Post by Scumhunter on Dec 26, 2015 15:13:04 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: azcentral.com)
Gila River Indian Community police are still looking for a gunman two days after a high-profile murder at Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino on Christmas Eve.
Police on Saturday morning identified John Albert Campos Sr., 47, as the suspect in the fatal shooting.
He is considered armed and dangerous and officials are asking anybody with information on his whereabouts to call 911.
Police also said Campos is related to a person of interest who was questioned Friday but cleared after numerous tips came in from the public during the day.
Police say Campos shot retired Bakersfield, Calif., police Officer Frank Pascua, 52, carjacked a witness and fled Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino at about 9 p.m. Thursday.
"Our victim was trying to do what he's been trained to do his entire life, which is stopping a crime and a dangerous person on the street," said Gila River Detective Robert Hawkes.
The shooting occurred in the parking lot close to the entrance of the busy casino, Gila River Detective Robert Hawkes said. Campos is also suspected of stealing a vehicle belonging to another person, who had stopped to help after the shooting, police said.
Authorities said Campos drove off in that vehicle, described as a green Kia Soul. He remains at large, while the Gila River police and other agencies look for him.
According to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Campos was previously convicted in 2005 of numerous violent crimes including armed robbery and kidnapping charges, for which he was released from prison in 2014.
Photos released by police show a man with short cropped dark hair and numerous tattoos around his neck and upper torso. Campos was initially mistaken for his son-in-law due to their similar appearance and tattoos, Hawkes said.
They said the shooting was "the only incident of its kind" to ever occur on any of the community's three casinos. Police called it a "random act of violence."
Pascua retired in 2003 after a 6½-year career with the Bakersfield police, said that department's Lt. Allan Abney. Pascua worked in the department's traffic division until his career was cut short by a traffic accident, he added. Hawkes said Pascua had a winter home in the Valley.
Detective Vanessa Turner is asking anyone with information to contact her at at 520-610-9000 or Hawkes at 520-610-2791.
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www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/chandler/breaking/2015/12/26/suspect-shooting-wild-horse-pass-hotel-casino/77904856/
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