Santiago Jorge Rogers arrested in Tucson police recruit’s shooting

Arizona authorities have arrested a man in connection with a home invasion shooting that killed a Tucson police recruit and left his fiancee hospitalized.

Carlos Ramirez, 23, was shot dead at his home in southwestern Tucson early Wednesday morning, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. He was expected to graduate the police academy on Aug. 27 and had previously worked for PCSD as a corrections officer. His 23-year-old fiancee, whose name has not been released, also works as a corrections officer in the department.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos previously said the suspects were wearing all black clothing and ski masks at the time of the shooting — which happened around 6 a.m. Wednesday.

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A split image shows a still frame taken from surveillance video of an unidentified male suspect on the left and wanted 33-year-old Alex James Barnett on the right. The images were released in connection with a manhunt in Tucson, Arizona, following the shooting death of a local police recruit, 23, that also left his fiancee hospitalized with a gunshot wound. She is a Pima County corrections officer. (Pima County Sheriff’s Department)

Deputies arrested Santiago Jorge Rogers, 39, at a hotel on South Palo Verda Road in Tucson on Saturday morning, the sheriff said in a statement. He is being held without bond at the county jail.

Alex James Barnett, 33, remains at large. He 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.

Alex James Barnett, 33, remains at large after a home invasion shooting left a Tucson police recruit dead last week. The 23-year-old’s fiancee, a Pima County correction’s officer, was also hospitalized. Barnett was reportedly last seen riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle, license plate No. DA466. (Pima County Sheriff’s Department)

According to FOX 10 Phoenix, he was last seen wearing a red shirt and black leather vest and riding a Harley-Davidson FLHXS motorcycle with the Arizona license plate, DA466.

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Still images taken from surveillance video at a Shell gas station at 5405 West Valencia Road in Pima County, Arizona, around 5:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19. This is shortly before deputies responded to a 911 call nearby and found a Tucson police recruit dead and his fiancee, a Pima County corrections officer, suffering from a gunshot wound. She was hospitalized in stable condition. Police have arrested 39-year-old Santiago Jorge Rogers and are seeking another suspect named Alex James Barnett, 33, who remains at large as of Monday morning. A third man was identified, contacted by authorities and has not been charged pending further investigation. (Pima County Sheriff’s Department)

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 and Tucson Police Chief Monico Prieto deliver a news briefing after a double shooting killed a Tucson police recruit and sent a Pima County corrections officer to the hospital on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. The victims shared a child and multiple suspects were at large, authorities said. (Pima County Sheriff’s Department)

Hours later, surveillance video taken from a parking lot shows a third man parking the suspect vehicle, a gray Acura MDX SUV, and walking away.

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He has not been publicly identified, but the sheriff’s department said Sunday he had been contacted by detectives.

“No arrest has been made as investigators work to determine his involvement,” the department said.

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Anyone with information on the case or Barnett’s whereabouts is asked to call 911 or 520-88-CRIME.