Nasbah Laverne Wright and Tomas Olivas Ornelas, 49, dead following crash, shooting by husband Christopher Glen Wright, 38, at Loop 202 in Mesa, Arizona

Modified Date: 
Wed, 06/05/2019 - 3:04pm
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Police investigating crash, deadly shooting at Loop 202 in Mesa

According to Mesa Police Department, the crash occurred near the Loop 202 Red Mountain at McKellips Road.

Police tell ABC15 that several people were shot at during the incident, but the extent of injuries has not been confirmed at this point. 

2 dead after crash, shooting in Mesa

Police say the couple left their home in different cars, the wife with another man.  His connection to the pair is unknown, but police say the husband shot him and his wife. 

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The man died at the hospital. 

PD: Husband shoots, kills wife and another man

According to information at the scene, a husband, Christopher Wright, reportedly shot and killed his wife, Nasbah Laverne Wright, and another man, who has not been identified by police, who were in a separate car after a domestic dispute. Video from the scene showed bullet holes in the doors of at least one of the cars involved.

Police: Man shoots wife, passerby after SUV crash in Arizona

According to the court documents, Ornelas' pickup had stopped at a roundabout at a freeway interchange where Wright had crashed in an attempt to kill his wife, 41-year-old Nasbah Laverne Wright.

Detective Nikolas Rasheta, a Mesa police spokesman, said it's not certain why Ornelas stopped, but he may have been a good Samaritan trying to help.

Mesa double-murder suspect is former Phoenix police officer

Christopher Wright, the man accused of killing two people in Mesa on Tuesday, was a former Phoenix police officer who had previously been arrested on a drug charge, according to sources.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Nasbah Laverne Wright
Christopher Wright
Tomas Olivas Ornelas
Roadway: 
Loop 202
City: 
Mesa, AZ

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