Suspect arrested in shooting that injured bystander at Phoenix Walmart

PHOENIX – An 18-year-old man was arrested for a shooting that wounded a bystander in a Phoenix Walmart on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

An off-duty officer heard shots fired at the store, one of the few businesses still open at the defunct Metrocenter Mall, around 3:30 p.m. and detained Diontay Evans, the Phoenix Police Department said in a press release Wednesday morning.

Evans was booked into jail on multiple counts of assault.

Investigators determined that the incident began as a verbal altercation in the store at 9600 North Metro Parkway between Evans and two men he didn’t know.

As the three headed outside, Evans allegedly pulled out a handgun and fired several times back into the store, hitting a 45-year-old woman who wasn’t part of the altercation.

The victim was taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.

Evans also allegedly hit a vehicle while firing at one of the men he’d argued with.

The investigation is ongoing.

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