Remaining suspect in Tucson police cadet killing captured after five-day manhunt
Suspected Tucson cop killer Alex James Barnett, 33, has been arrested after authorities say they found him hiding out in an apartment complex nearly a week after the home invasion shooting of Tucson police recruit Carlos Ramirez, 23.
Ramirez's fiancee, a Pima County corrections officer, was hospitalized in stable condition after the attack.
Authorities were tipped off to Barnett's hideout near East Broadway Boulevard and South Camino Seco around 6 p.m. Monday, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. County SWAT officers arrested him after a three-hour standoff, and no one else was hurt.
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Another suspect, Santiago Jorge Rogers, 39, was arrested at a hotel near the Tucson International Airport Saturday morning.
Both suspects are being held without bail at the Pima County jail.
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Barnett has a rap sheet that includes prior burglary and weapons convictions and has also been known as Alex Wilson, according to court records. In December 2024, he pleaded guilty to an unlawful imprisonment charge.
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A search of Pima County courts for prior cases came back empty for Rogers. However, a man of the same name and age has drug and shoplifting convictions in Yavapai County, possession of contraband behind bars in Navajo and Graham Counties, and a number of lesser charges in Prescott.
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Surveillance video shows men identified as Rogers and Barnett in black clothing and picking up items at a gas station convenience store about 20 minutes before the shooting.
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos previously said the suspects were wearing all black clothing and ski masks during the attack.
A third man linked to the suspect vehicle has also been contacted by authorities in connection with the case but was not immediately charged.
"No arrest has been made as investigators work to determine his involvement," the department said.
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Ramirez was shot dead at his home in southwestern Tucson early Wednesday morning, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD).
He was expected to graduate from the police academy on Aug. 27 and had previously worked for PCSD as a corrections officer.
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His 23-year-old fiancee, whose name has not been released, also works as a corrections officer in the department.