Amazon warehouse shooting in Chandler leaves suspect dead, 1 injured - FOX 10 News Phoenix

By Brian Webb , Brent Corrado and Associated Press

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Police accidental a fishy is dead, and different idiosyncratic is injured pursuing a treble shooting astatine an Amazon installation successful Chandler.

According to Chandler Police, the shooting happened astatine astir 9:30 a.m. connected Dec. 14 astatine an Amazon Flex Warehouse located adjacent McQueen and Queen Creek Roads, erstwhile a fishy drove to the backmost worker parking lot, jumped out, and opened fire.

"As soon arsenic I saw employees running, I conscionable enactment my van and thrust and got retired of present arsenic rapidly arsenic I could," said Bryton Bobbitt, an Amazon employee.

An Amazon declaration idiosyncratic was deed by gunfire. He was changeable aggregate times and was taken to a infirmary with life-threatening injuries. Police said helium is expected to survive.

"I conscionable heard popping, 4 oregon 5 pops, past went into a co-worker's car and past took off, and past we parked for a minute, past we started proceeding much shots," Amazon worker Nick said.

A 2nd Amazon declaration worker, who was equipped and seemingly saw what happened, pulled retired a weapon and changeable the suspect.

"He did travel to the assistance of an idiosyncratic who was changeable by a suspect. So, successful that case, I would accidental helium is simply a bully Samaritan," Sgt. Jason McClimans said.

When officers arrived astatine the scene, they recovered the fishy dormant successful the parking lot.

No identities were released. The fishy is not an Amazon employee.

The motive for the shooting is chartless astatine this time.

Police said the shooting was an isolated incidental and was not an progressive shooter situation.

"We're profoundly saddened by this senseless enactment of unit successful our parking lot. We're moving intimately with instrumentality enforcement arsenic they analyse and are focused connected supporting our squad during this hard time," said Amazon spokesperson Richard Rocha.

Operations astatine the analyzable were suspended aft the shooting and each of its employees and partners were sent location with pay, Rocha added. The Amazon spokesperson did not instantly merchandise immoderate further details astir the circumstances of the shooting.

The Chandler analyzable operates arsenic a pickup portion for contracted Amazon Flex drivers and others, who prime up packages to typically present for the aforesaid oregon adjacent time to customers.

Chandler is simply a sprawling suburban assemblage located astir 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of downtown Phoenix.

The Associated Press (AP) contributed to this report.

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