A 21-year-old man is facing a slew of charges after allegedly opening fire in a packed downtown Tucson nightlife district early Sunday, wounding nine people before police took him down.
David Leroy French was charged with nine counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, nine counts of aggravated assault causing serious physical injury and one count of discharging a firearm at a structure, a Tucson Police Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
French was booked in absentia while hospitalized and will be taken to the Pima County Adult Detention Complex after his release, police said.
Additional charges are pending, the spokesperson added.
The shooting erupted around 2 a.m. in the 100 block of East Congress Street, a busy area lined with bars, restaurants and nightclubs.
An interim complaint said the gunfire followed a verbal altercation. Investigators identified French as the shooter after reviewing surveillance footage, according to the to a hospital in life-threatening condition.
Nine other people were shot and taken to local hospitals.
Police said most were wounded in the arms or legs. No deaths were reported, and no officers were injured.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department told Fox News Digital that it is not releasing French’s mugshot at this time, citing a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Fox News Digital's Bonny Chu contributed to this report.