Original Article 1 dead, teen held after pursuit Man killed when officials open fire; juvenile surrenders in nearby hotel Josh Kelley The Arizona Republic Aug. 26, 2005 12:00 AM An overnight manhunt and two separate confrontations with Pinal County sheriff's deputies left a 19-year-old man dead and a teenager in custody Thursday morning. The 19-year-old was shot by at least one deputy outside the Asarco Sacaton Mine west of Casa Grande at about 7 a.m., Sheriff's Office spokesman Mike Minter said. More than three hours later, a SWAT team from the Sheriff's Office persuaded the teenager to surrender on the third floor of the Francisco Grande Hotel, a few miles southwest of Casa Grande. The two are suspects in a string of carjackings, robberies and burglaries in Arizona City, Eloy, Toltec and Casa Grande. Both are from Arizona City, but their names have not been released. The suspects have also been linked to several crimes committed this week and had been on the run from police since about 12:30 a.m. Thursday, officials said. That is when police spotted two people, who were believed to be the suspects, riding in a stolen Ford pickup truck in Casa Grande, said Lt. Steve Cantrell of the Casa Grande Police Department. The stolen truck was pursued by police west along the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway and onto a dirt road, Cantrell said. The truck then drove into the desert, where the suspects are believed to have abandoned the truck and fled on foot in separate directions, Minter said. The man who was later fatally shot went north toward the Asarco copper mine, where he reportedly got in a loader and broke through a gate outside the mine. He then threatened a guard at gunpoint, stole the guard's truck and headed south, Minter said. The guard notified authorities. Casa Grande police eventually located the truck and gave chase, Cantrell said. Police lost sight of the truck but later found it stuck in a fence, he said. Sheriff's deputies then took over the search. At some point, the man apparently returned to the area near the mine. He was spotted in a car with two other people near the mine, and a Pinal County deputy and detective stopped the car, Minter said. The man "exited in a threatening manner," prompting either the deputy or the detective or both to fire their weapons, Minter said. The suspect died a short time later. No one else was injured. Minter said he did not know whether the man threatened the deputies with a gun. The state Department of Public Safety is conducting a routine criminal investigation of the shooting. The juvenile who fled the stolen vehicle apparently traveled barefoot across the desert toward the Francisco Grande Hotel to the southwest. At about 10 a.m., Minter said people began calling 911 to report a man with a weapon inside the hotel. The SWAT team from the Sheriff's Office responded and persuaded him to surrender at about 10:30 a.m. Casa Grande police had previously arrested both suspects on burglary and auto theft charges, Cantrell said. In one incident, they were reported to have broken into the home of a Casa Grande Police Department employee and stolen her truck, he said.