06-02-2011, 04:52 PM
Updated 1:08 p.m. - The suspect in a series of shootings around Yuma County is dead, police said. Carey Hal Dyess, 73, of Yuma, apparently shot and killed one person in Yuma and three people in Yuma County before shooting himself, according to a press release from the Yuma Police Department.
YPD Spokesman Clint Norred said the shootings are connected, and are currently under investigation.
An additional person was injured and flown to a Phoenix-area hospital.
Dyess was found in the area of Blaisdell and Highway 95 at 11:30 a.m. by Yuma County Sheriff's deputies. He died from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
YPD Spokesman Clint Norred said the shootings are connected, and are currently under investigation.
An additional person was injured and flown to a Phoenix-area hospital.
Dyess was found in the area of Blaisdell and Highway 95 at 11:30 a.m. by Yuma County Sheriff's deputies. He died from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.