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2 arrested in fatal Christmas Eve shooting

TPD responded to a homicide at Speedway and Swan. Photo courtesy of Google Images.
Posted at 3:51 PM, Mar 05, 2023
and last updated 2023-03-05 17:51:46-05

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Tucson Police Department (TPD) has arrested two people in connection to the shooting of 21-year-old Jada Thompson in late December of last year.

After an investigation detectives identified 21-year-old Cameron Patrick Griffith and 20-year-old Jamie Moniq Moore as possible suspects.

According to TPD after interviews and executing a search warrant on Griffith and Moore's vehicles, they were both charged with 1st Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault/Drive-by Shooting.

Griffith and Moore were booked into Pima County Jail and held on a $1,000,000 bond each.

Related: Shooting on Christmas Eve leaves one dead

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