A Pima County constable and three others are dead after gunfire erupted during an eviction in Tucson Thursday, police confirmed.
Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay, 43, went to serve an eviction Thursday at Lind Commons, 3493 E. Lind Road, and was killed while there.
Martinez-Garibay and the employee of the complex were at the apartment to serve an eviction notice to the suspect, police said, adding that investigators were unsure of exactly how the incident unfolded. Police released no other details. Pima County Justice Court records show that an eviction hearing for Stansell’s case was held Monday, Aug. 22. The eviction order was issued on Tuesday, Aug. 23, the records show.
Evictions are surging in Pima County as housing prices spike. So-called writs of restitution, the judicial orders that prompt an eviction, were issued 2,345 times through the end of July this year compared to 2,318 times for all of 2021. “I joined after Sept. 11, and I just felt that it was wrong for me to sit at home when I knew that I could contribute,” Martinez-Garibay said in March. “It’s the same thing with serving my community, I can see a need.”“When I deal with the people that I have to evict, I understand that’s my responsibility, but they’re still people,” she said. “Just giving some basic dignity and respect can go so far in helping these people rebuild their lives.
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