Overview
- An early-morning collision at Central Avenue and Baseline Road left two people dead and a third critically injured after one car became engulfed in flames.
- The crash damaged Valley Metro’s Baseline/Central light rail platform, forcing trains to bypass the station and prompting temporary bus alternatives for B Line riders.
- Hours later, a dispute between a sedan and an SUV near 19th Avenue and Baseline Road escalated into a fight and gunfire in a business parking lot.
- The man in the SUV died at the scene, and the woman and two children from the vehicle were hospitalized in critical condition; police said a third child in the SUV was not injured.
- Investigators say the suspected shooter, the lone occupant of the sedan, stayed at the scene, received medical treatment, and was taken into custody as detectives examine possible road rage or self-defense and ask witnesses to come forward.