Richard Ruiz
Male, Unknown race
Date of the incident: 12/23/2019
Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ
7611 W Thomas Rd
7611 W Thomas Rd
Around 11 a.m., police were called for reports of shots fired and a subject with a gun outside of the Desert Sky Mall. He had reportedly tried to carjack two vehicles, shooting the occupants. Police shot and killed Richard L. Ruiz as he tried to escape in a pickup truck in the mall's parking lot.