On the evening of July 22, 2014, in Tucson, Arizona, Paul David Lauderdale, a 32-year-old Black / African American male, was shot at an apartment complex and later died from his injuries. According to online case summaries, Tucson Police Department officers were dispatched after reports of gunfire at a residential complex in the city. When officers arrived, they found Lauderdale suffering from gunshot wounds.
Emergency responders rushed him to a local hospital for treatment, but the injuries were too severe and he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Investigators treated the incident as a homicide and secured the scene around the complex, gathering physical evidence and speaking with people in the area in an effort to understand what had led up to the shooting. Case write-ups describe the event broadly as a shooting that erupted at an apartment setting, but they do not provide detailed public information about the precise circumstances of any confrontation, how many individuals were present when shots were fired, or whether the violence stemmed from a dispute, an attempted crime, or some other conflict.
Online memorial and case-tracking sites record Lauderdale’s death as one of many individual, non-mass-shooting homicides involving a firearm in Tucson during 2014. These sources emphasize that his killing is cataloged among “death by force” or gun-violence cases and invite members of the public to share information, photos, and memories, underscoring that he was remembered and mourned by people who knew him personally.
With respect to suspects, arrests, or charges, the publicly accessible online material linked to Lauderdale’s case does not name any suspect, describe a person of interest, or report that anyone was arrested or prosecuted for the shooting. Case summaries instead highlight the basic facts of the homicide and then ask readers to submit any updates, which suggests that—at least in the open sources currently available—no resolution has been clearly documented or publicized. From what can be seen online, it remains unclear whether investigators ever identified or charged a perpetrator in connection with his death.
