PEORIA, AZ — Police are investigating a shooting that left a man in critical condition at a Peoria business parking lot on Friday.
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At around 12 p.m., officers were called to the area of El Mirage Road and Vistancia Boulevard for reports of a shooting.
Officers located a man with a gunshot wound at the scene inside a car. He was taken to a hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.
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The suspect, identified as a woman, left the scene before police arrived. She was later trackd down and pronounced dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say.
Authorities believe the man and the woman suspect are believed to have been in some type of relationship.
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There is no current threat to the public, police say.
No other details have been provided. The investigation remains ongoing.
