MESA, Ariz — A murder suspect from New Mexico was shot by Mesa police Sunday afternoon after officers tried to arrest him.
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The shooting happened around 1:45 p.m. near Dobson and Baseline roads.
An officer spotted the suspect, later identified as 36-year-old Kevin McKinney, outside of a store and tried to make a plan with the SWAT team to arrest him, according to the Mesa Police Department.
But before SWAT could execute the original plan, McKinney sped off in a car and crashed into Jimmy and Joe's pizzeria.
Police say McKinney ran off, and that's when he was shot by an officer.
Authorities say McKinney is accused of murdering a man in Albuquerque on Saturday around 4 a.m. after a dispute related to an attempted firearm purchase.
McKinney is expected to survive. No one else was hurt.
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