Alex Barnett, 3rd suspect in fatal shooting of Tucson police recruit, taken into custody

Alex Barnett, the third suspect in the fatal shooting of a Tucson police recruit last week, was taken into custody on Monday night.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a social media post that its Fugitive Investigations Unit and Pima Regional SWAT were dispatched to an apartment complex near Broadway Boulevard and Camino Seco to follow up on leads about Barnett being inside one of the units.

After a three-hour standoff, Barnett, who was armed, surrendered and was book into jail on first-degree murder charges in connection with the killing of 23-year-old Carlos Ramirez.

On Saturday, 39-year-old Santiago Jorge Rogers was arrested at a Tucson hotel in relation to the shooting and an unidentified suspect was located but not taken into custody as investigators work to determine his involvement.

Details on the fatal shooting of Tucson police recruit

Ramirez and his 23-year-old fiancee were found with gunshot wounds just before 6 a.m. Wednesday at a home in the Valencia West community west of Tucson. Ramirez was pronounced dead at the scene and his fiancee was hospitalized in stable condition with injuries that are not considered life-threatening.

Ramirez served as a Pima County Sheriff’s Department corrections officer before becoming a Tucson Police Department recruit. His fiancee, whose name was not released, is a current Pima County corrections officer.

KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Senior Editor Kevin Stone contributed to this report.

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