Bullhead City police responded to reports of multiple shots fired outside a home behind the Smith's grocery store near Hancock Road and Lakeside Drive around 7 p.m. Thursday. Officers arrived at a residence in the 1800 block of Coral Isle Drive and found a 22-year-old man pronounced dead at the scene with gunshot wounds to his chest, back area, and head. His identity is being withheld pending family notification.
Two other men were taken to Western Arizona Regional Medical Center. One, a 23-year-old unidentified man, was airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his chest. The other victim’s condition was not specified in the report.
Julio Quijada, 26, of Bullhead City, was arrested after being treated for a gunshot wound to the stomach at the medical center. Police say he was the primary aggressor in the altercation and faces charges of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, disorderly conduct with a deadly weapon, and unlawful discharge of a firearm within city limits. He was booked into Mohave County Jail.
Detectives said Quijada shot several rounds at the two men during an altercation between family members, and another subject shot at Quijada. That second shooter remains at large. Bullhead City is about 100 miles south of Las Vegas, across the Colorado River from Laughlin. The investigation remains active and ongoing.
Sources: 8 News Now
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