The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is investigating death of a man who was found by a hunter on Friday afternoon.
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By 4:51 p.m. deputies from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office were on scene along with Border Patrol agents who concluded that the man had been shot. Detectives were called in.
No identification was found on the man who is described as being around six feet tall and weighing around 200 pounds.
According to the report, wounds indicated a gunshot to the right leg as well as a wound to his left leg where a tourniquet had been applied and wounds to the man’s head. The man was wearing a short-sleeve Western-style shirt, blue jeans and hiking boots.
The body was transported to Pima County so an autopsy could be conducted. The Mexican Consulate was also notified.
Investigators said they are also interviewing a victim from an earlier shooting.
According to reports from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 21 dispatch received a report of a similar incident involving a man who showed up at a residence on Peck Canyon Road with a gunshot wound to the leg. The caller said the man had a tourniquet on his leg and had walked from a canyon west of his Rio Rico residence.






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