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Brandon Michael Watts

Age : 36

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 09/07/2021

Location : Siegel Select Tucson (near South Butterfield Drive and Interstate-10)

City : Tucson

County : Pima

State : Arizona

Agency : Tucson Police Department, Pima County Sheriff’s Department SWAT

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 09/07/2021, Tucson police and the Pima County SWAT team responded to a barricade/hostage situation after officers said Brandon Michael Watts shot and killed a woman identified by police as his girlfriend and injured another woman earlier that morning. Police tracked Watts to a hotel where he allegedly held a mother and four children hostage in a room at the Siegel Select Tucson hotel near South Butterfield Drive. After hours of negotiation, police entered the room and found Watts dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The hostages were released earlier and were not seriously harmed.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.kold.com/2021/09/07/update-man-dies-self-inflicted-gunshot-after-hours-long-standoff-police-say/
https://patch.com/arizona/tucson/suspect-tucson-hostage-situation-shootings-dead
https://www.crainandsons.com/obituary/brandon-watts