1 person dead, another in custody after incident at Intel’s Ocotillo campus
Feb 18, 2023, 8:24 AM | Updated: Feb 20, 2023, 5:57 pm
Derrick Simmons
PHOENIX — One person is dead and another is in custody after an incident at Intel’s Ocotillo campus in Chandler, authorities said Saturday morning.
Police responded to the area of Dobson and Ocotillo roads at approximately 6:15 a.m. and found a subject fatally injured from blunt-force trauma, the Chandler Police Department said in a tweet.
Another person suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident and was transported to a hospital, authorities said.
Court documents stated that the victim found dead in the cafeteria with trauma from a baseball bat along with a hatchet and knife.
The suspect was identified as 50-year-old Derrick Lemond Simmons, who was taken into custody without incident. He was booked into a Maricopa County jail on suspicions of first-degree murder and aggravated assault, authorities said.
Police said it appeared the subjects involved were coworkers.
Simmons also was convicted in 2001 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to court paperwork, but details of that case weren’t immediately available.
An investigation into the incident remained ongoing, authorities said.
Chandler police said there is not a threat to the public and the community is safe.
No additional information was immediately available.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
