🌱 Patch AM: What the newly released video reveals about the Tucson Walmart shooting

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In today's newsletter:

• What the newly released video reveals about the Tucson Walmart shooting
• How a Tucson defense contractor landed $27.7 million in upgrades
• How a small Tucson church kitchen feeds hundreds of hungry seniors

Also on today's calendar: Mainly Murals Walking Tour-Jan 3rd and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 47 degrees.
• Tuesday: Cloudy, temps: high: 71, low: 52.
• Wednesday: Cloudy and warm, with a high of 76 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Video shows police shooting at Tucson Walmart (tucson.com) — Tucson residents can now see investigative video from an October police shooting outside the Walmart Neighborhood Market on East Broadway, where officers responded to reports of gunfire and an attempted armed robbery. The footage shows an armed suspect firing toward officers before a Tucson police veteran shot and wounded him; the man remains jailed on multiple felony charges.
   

2. U.S. Spends $32.7M To Accelerate Solid Rocket Motor Production (dallasexpress.com) — A Tucson-based manufacturer, R.E. Darling Co., is receiving $27.7 million in federal funding to modernize how it makes insulation materials for solid rocket motors, strengthening a key part of the defense supply chain. The investment is part of a broader $32.7 million push to expand U.S. rocket motor production capacity, potentially supporting high-tech manufacturing jobs and industrial capabilities tied to Tucson.
   

3. Neighbors Feeding Neighbors eases food insecurity among seniors (tucson.com) — A grassroots program at St. Andrews Episcopal Church is quietly serving about 145 frozen meals a week to food-insecure Tucson seniors, many living on the edge. Neighbors Feeding Neighbors relies on cash and canned-good donations plus food from local restaurants to create diet-conscious dishes, snack packs for unhoused residents, and culturally varied meals that stretch every dollar.
   

4. Walker Lifts Roadrunners Past Wranglers in Overtime (oursportscentral.com) — Tucson hockey fans saw a thriller as Sammy Walker’s overtime goal gave the Roadrunners a 3–2 win and a series sweep over Calgary at Tucson Arena. The team rallied from two deficits, stayed perfect on the penalty kill, and extended several home point streaks heading into Wednesday’s homestand finale against San Diego.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tucson

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Tuesday December 30

• Toddler Storytime
  Flowing Wells , 1730 W. Wetmore Rd. , Tucson
  10:15 am
• Preschool Storytime
  Flowing Wells , 1730 W. Wetmore Rd. , Tucson
  11:15 am
• Kindness Rock Painting
  Flowing Wells , 1730 W. Wetmore Rd. , Tucson
  2:30 pm
• Read to a Dog
  Flowing Wells , 1730 W. Wetmore Rd. , Tucson
  2:30 pm

Saturday January 3

• Mainly Murals Walking Tour-Jan 3rd
  Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón Museum , 196 N Court Ave , Tucson
  10:00 am

Friday January 9

• Candlelight: 90s Hip-Hop on Strings
  La Rosa , 800 N Country Club Rd , Tucson
  8:30 pm

Saturday January 10

• Trades, Skills, Arts, and Crafts of the Historic Southwest Living History
  Tucson Presidio Museum, 196 N Court Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701
  10:00 am
• Lucy/Lucille
  The Historic Y , 738 N 5th Ave , Tucson
  2:00 pm
• Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
  Tucson Scottish Rite Cathedral , 160 S Scott Ave , Tucson
  6:30 pm
• Lucy/Lucille
  The Historic Y , 738 N 5th Ave , Tucson
  8:30 pm
• Candlelight: 90s Hip-Hop on Strings
  Tucson Scottish Rite Cathedral , 160 S Scott Ave , Tucson
  8:30 pm

Sunday January 11

• Candle Making Workshop
  Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón Museum , 196 N Court Ave , Tucson
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Blizzy is home!!!
  After 3 weeks he found his way home!! Thank you Jesus and everyone who commented on my boy. (Nextdoor Terra Del Sol)
• Just saw this online: BASS PRO SHOP is opening soon at The Bridges (I-10 and Park Ave) and has more than 150 full- and part-time jobs available in all the store’s departments.
  A hiring event will be held Jan. 7 and Jan. 8 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Tucson Airport, 7051 S. Tucson Blvd. An… (Nextdoor Poets Square)

• 22nd and Wilmot area. PD is searching for suspect who ran from officers on foot (X: whatsuptucson)
• Police respond to shooting at Sonoran Reserve Apartments in Tucson... (X: KVOA)

• Community Partnership of Southern Arizona posted a job opening for Care Coordinator - Tucson, AZ (Tucson Park) in Tucson. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Warehouse Maintenance Associate in Tucson. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tucson here.

Ok Tucson! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Lunch and dinner. (From Norine S.)
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