Tucson Police have arrested a woman accused of striking and killing a 79-year-old man after a confrontation in a midtown parking lot.
Elaine Vernette Boone, 20, was arrested Tuesday and booked in to the Pima County jail on suspicion of aggravated assault, dangerous instrument, aggravated assault serious injuries and a second-degree homicide warrant.
Police said Boone also had two outstanding warrants that she was booked on.
On March 24, Boone allegedly hit Anthony Ames and an unidentified woman with a vehicle and fled the area on foot following a confrontation in the parking lot in the 1000 block of North Columbus Boulevard, near Speedway.
Ames and the woman were taken to Banner University Medical Center with serious, life-threatening injuries. Ames died on April 2 due to the injuries he sustained in the incident.
