Whitey Ford
02-10-2021, 05:05 AM
Man shot, killed approaching teen about graffiti was special ed teacher
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A special education teacher was fatally shot earlier this month as he tried to stop a teenager from spraying graffiti on an east valley business, according to an arrest report released Wednesday.
Jose Santa Cruz, 32, taught students at Cortez Elementary School when he wasn’t working at two local businesses he owned — both located within a block of where he was shot, records show.
The Jan. 7 shooting happened shortly after Santa Cruz and his father parked a taco truck on the corner of Charleston and South Lamont Street, near 4777 E. Charleston Blvd., according to the report. Santa Cruz had walked off from the truck and through the parking lot.
Moments later, his father heard gunshots, then saw someone running through the parking lot, the father told police. He believed Santa Cruz was trying to intervene as someone spray-painted the wall of an area business.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-shot-killed-approaching-teen-about-graffiti-was-special-ed-teacher-2260398/
https://i.imgur.com/gqUId7f.jpg
A special education teacher was fatally shot earlier this month as he tried to stop a teenager from spraying graffiti on an east valley business, according to an arrest report released Wednesday.
Jose Santa Cruz, 32, taught students at Cortez Elementary School when he wasn’t working at two local businesses he owned — both located within a block of where he was shot, records show.
The Jan. 7 shooting happened shortly after Santa Cruz and his father parked a taco truck on the corner of Charleston and South Lamont Street, near 4777 E. Charleston Blvd., according to the report. Santa Cruz had walked off from the truck and through the parking lot.
Moments later, his father heard gunshots, then saw someone running through the parking lot, the father told police. He believed Santa Cruz was trying to intervene as someone spray-painted the wall of an area business.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-shot-killed-approaching-teen-about-graffiti-was-special-ed-teacher-2260398/