--- title: "Police investigating shooting death of airman at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base" description: "Police are investigating a shooting incident that killed a 355th Wing airman and sent a woman to the hospital on Saturday." date: "2020-12-28" modified: "2020-12-28" authors: - name: "David Roza" job_title: "YouTube Writer/Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/david-roza/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/davis-monthan-air-force-base-shooting/" categories: - "Air Force" - "Around the World" - "Military Branches" - "News" - "United States" --- # Police investigating shooting death of airman at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base ![]() *A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II sits on the flight line at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., April 8, 2020. (Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Jacob T. Stephens)* Police in Tucson, Arizona are investigating a shooting incident that claimed the life of an airman assigned to the 355th Wing and sent a woman to the hospital on Saturday. The shooting took place in base housing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Capt. Elias Small, chief of public affairs for the DM-based 355th Wing, told Task & Purpose on Monday. Base emergency services and the Tucson Police Department responded to the incident, Small said, after which the airman and the woman were taken to an off-base hospital, where the airman died. Small did not have information on the woman’s condition, but he specified that the airman died after suffering a gunshot wound. Small said Tucson police are investigating the incident, according to a statement sent to local news channel [KGUN 9 ]()on Saturday. Tucson police said at the time that the injuries were both self-inflicted, KGUN 9 reported. They also determined the shooting was an isolated incident that did not pose an ongoing threat. ## Author David Roza writes scripts about military news for the Task & Purpose YouTube channel, and he also writes articles about military pay, benefits, health care, child care, culture, and other personnel topics on a freelance basis. Roza previously covered the Air Force and Space Force for Task & Purpose from 2019 to 2023 and for Air & Space Forces Magazine from 2023 to 2025. In the course of that reporting, he has set off a ‘Hollywood explosion’ with Air Force bomb techs, turned the (unarmed) keys of a nuclear missile bunker, hovered over the Nevada desert on an Air Force rescue helicopter, and got the best sleep of his life on the floor of a C-17 over the central Pacific. Share tips and story ideas with David at [david.roza@teamrecurrent.io]()