{"id":129663,"date":"2025-08-08T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/129663\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:02:08","slug":"tucson-man-sentenced-for-attempted-murder-of-ex-bosses-at-phoenix-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/129663\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucson man sentenced for attempted murder of ex-bosses at Phoenix office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A Tucson man will spend nearly three decades behind bars for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2023\/11\/03\/tucson-man-accused-shooting-ex-boss-with-shotgun-phoenix-office\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2023\/11\/03\/tucson-man-accused-shooting-ex-boss-with-shotgun-phoenix-office\/\">attempting to murder his former bosses<\/a> at a Phoenix office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Zane Hammond, 34, was sentenced to 29 years after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted murder. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">In Nov. 2023, Hammond, who was a commercial truck driver in Tucson, drove to the United Freight Services headquarters in Phoenix armed with a shotgun. Court documents state that Hammond had abruptly quit his job with United Freight Services after management reprimanded him for his hygiene and for not following the rules of driving a commercial vehicle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Surveillance video shows Hammond marching into the president\u2019s office, firing a shotgun at him. The victim was able to avoid the shot by flipping his desk and taking cover. Hammond then aimed the rifle at the company\u2019s vice president while attempting to load another round.<\/p>\n<p>Video from the Maricopa County Attorney&#8217;s Office shows Zane Hammond going into the United Freight Services headquarters and firing a rifle at his former boss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Video captured the vice president tackling Hammond and holding him in a chokehold until Phoenix police arrived. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell called the crime a violent and premeditated attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">\u201cHe drove to Phoenix with a shotgun and a mission to kill. That\u2019s not rage, that\u2019s premeditation,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cThanks to sheer bravery, no one died. Now, he will spend nearly three decades in prison, where he belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. 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