A man stands accused of firing his semiautomatic weapon at a UPS driver and threatening passers-by in Tempe.
Police received several calls about 5:13 p.m. Tuesday and spotted a man who matched the description of a person who had been shooting at passing vehicles on Kyrene Road between Baseline and Guadalupe roads.
The man was seen by officers holding a handgun and running east across Kyrene and then south along a business parking lot, according to court documents.
Officers conducted a “high-risk contact,” and he dropped the gun — a .45-caliber semiautomatic — in the middle of the lot before walking about 15 feet away from the weapon, court documents said. The man “partially complied” with officers’ orders to lie down, court documents said.
Charging documents said the man ignored officers’ orders as they tried to take him into custody. The man, who was on the ground, started to grunt, growl, yelled, “westside” and cursed at the officers as they approached him before they used a stun gun on him because he clenched his fist, court documents detail. Officers then handcuffed the man.