Man shot near downtown ASU campus, seriously injured
PHOENIX - A suspect is on the loose after a man was shot near Arizona State University's downtown Phoenix campus Friday afternoon.
The incident happened near 3rd Avenue and Fillmore Street, which is several blocks away from the downtown ASU campus.
The victim was hospitalized in serious condition. Police did not say what might have led up to the shooting.
The suspect was described as a Black man with dreadlocks wearing a black shirt and light-colored pants.
He drove away from the scene in a white Chevy Suburban with blue and red stripes, large rims, and a cancer survivor sticker on the back, officials said.
Police remain in the area, but there is no threat to the community.
If you have any information, you're asked to call Phoenix Police at 602-262-6151.
A suspect is on the loose after a man was shot near Arizona State University's downtown Phoenix campus on Oct. 13.
ASU student jumps in to help shooting victim
"Definitely not something I was expecting on a Friday early afternoon after class," said Kyler Glazier.
A typical Friday afternoon quickly turned alarming for ASU student Kyler Glazier.
"I heard this really loud popping noise and I didn't really think much of it – like a balloon – then I heard three or four more and at that point, I knew it was a gun," he said.
The shots were coming from 3rd Avenue and Fillmore Street – Glazier was just one block away walking home from class.
"I see a guy on the curb, bleeding out from his legs, and there were two to three people surround him," said Glazier.
Although help was already there, Glazier did not hesitate to step in.
"I took off my over shirt, I gave it to him, I gave it to the people helping him," he said. "They tried to put some pressure on his wound. He asked for some water, so I pulled my backpack out, and I pulled my water out, and I gave it to him."
Glazier did not leave his side until Phoenix Police got there, closed down the street, and took the man to the hospital.
"I tried the best I could," said Glazier. "I didn't really know what to do. It's not really a situation I've been in before."
A situation, he says, could have been much worse because of how close it happened to campus.
"We were on the sidewalk," Glazier explained. "The other side of the sidewalk was my building for school and there were easily multiple, hundreds of us in that building that were in classes, and that's also housing for students and there's apartments there too and there's a lot of people there that could have been hurt."
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