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Trial Set For Mesa Man In Shooting Spree

Ryan Giroux
(Photo courtesy of Maricopa County Sheriff's Department)
Ryan Giroux

A trial date has been set for the Mesa man charged with killing one person and wounding five others in a shooting spree last March.

Ryan Giroux faces charges in a connection with a series of shootings, carjacking and a home invasion.

He pled not guilty to murder, aggravated assault and other charges in the March 18 shootings.

The rampage began at a motel where three people were shot. Another person was shot at a nearby restaurant; two more were then shot at two apartment complexes.

Police say Giroux was arrested after he barricaded himself in an apartment.

KJZZ senior field correspondent Kathy Ritchie has 20 years of experience reporting and writing stories for national and local media outlets — nearly a decade of it has been spent in public media.