Tomas G. Ramirez Gonzalez

Deadly force

An off duty Phoenix Police Officer shot two men, killing one, outside the Hurricane Bay nightclub for attempting to steal a refrigerator out of the back of a truck. The officer, Gary Schonfelder, was working as security for the nightclub. When he went into the parking lot around 4 a.m. he saw two men trying to steal a refrigerator out of the back of his truck. The two suspects fled to an SUV and pulled out guns. Schonfelder pulled his service weapon, identified himself as a police officer and when they did not drop the weapons, opened fire, killing Tomas G. Ramirez Gonzalez and wounding Adrian De La Cruz. Suspect Jose Luis Chacon was arrested.