Police identified the man who shot him as Roger Nunez, 37, of Apache Junction. Pooley did not provide specifics about the weapon other than referring to it as a ghost gun.

The use of ghost guns in crimes has risen dramatically in recent years. An Apache Junction police officer was critically wounded June 2 after a man shot him with a “ghost gun," police said.

They said a Buckeye man who owned the ghost gun legally sold it to Jesse Kitagawa Jr., 45, in April 2024, not knowing that he was a felon. Kitagawa then sold the Glock 19-style gun to Glenn Litton ...