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Retired BPD officer killed outside AZ casino

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CHANDLER, Ariz. -- A Christmas Eve shooting outside a Gila River casino has left one man dead and the suspect remains at large.
 
 
   Police say the shooting happened outside Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino on the Gila River Indian Community on Thursday shortly before 9 p.m.
 
   Det. Robert Hawkes says 25-year-old Frank Rojas is suspected of shooting 52-year-old Frank Pascua three times.
 
 
   Authorities believe they did not know each other and Pascua was confronting Rojas, who was attempting to steal a car.
 
   Rojas then allegedly carjacked the vehicle of another man who was driving by. That man was unharmed.
 
   Pascua, a retired police officer from Bakersfield, California, was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
 
   Multiple police agencies are searching for Rojas, who is considered armed and dangerous.
 

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