07/25/2026
Shooter Stopped in Under 10 Seconds
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Newly released security footage shows 21-year-old David French firing into a crowd outside Empire Pizza on July 19th.
Tucson Police engaged the suspect within 10 seconds and shot him as he was fleeing.
Officers immediately provided aid to the nine victims who were shot. Most have been released from the hospital.
French is currently still in the hospital and is being held without bond.
**** Prior Criminal History ****
French was on probation after taking a plea deal from another shooting in 2024.
In that incident French pulled a rifle from his pants and fired it into a group of people at a business.
In March 2025 he was given a plea deal by the Pima County Attorney's Office which dropped the firearm-discharge and "dangerous nature" charges that would have mandated prison time.
Instead he plead guilty to just an Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon charge.
He was sentenced to just four years of standard probation by Pima County Superior Court Judge J. Alan Goodwin.
That felony conviction made him a prohibited possessor, meaning he can’t posses any fi****ms.
