ARIZONA NEWS

Stranger saves child in Scottsdale shooting that leaves parents dead

Feb 3, 2015, 9:12 AM | Updated: 12:08 pm

PHOENIX — A man and woman have died but a child was rescued by a stranger in a shooting in Scottsdale on Tuesday morning.

Police said a construction worker rushed into a home near 68th Street and Chaparral Road after hearing a child yelling for help two adults were arguing.

The man managed to get a gun away from the husband and get the woman and child child.

The husband came out of the house with another gun and shot his wife, then himself.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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