The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene of a fatal shooting involving three people that left one man dead on the evening of Sunday, June 26.
A call for shots fired occurred in the Red Rock Crossing area, southwest of Sedona city limits, came in around 7:11 p.m., according to police scanner traffic.
YCSO Public Affairs and Government Relations Director, Kristin Greene, said YCSO deputies were dispatched to what was originally thought to be shots fired in the area of Red Rock Crossing in Sedona.
According to Sedona police, it was initially reported only as an exchange of gunfire between two subjects and one subject was shot in the exchange. Upon the Sedona officer’s arrival, a modified high-risk stop was conducted and four subjects were detained and presumed to be suspects in the case.
When YCSO deputies reached the scene, they found one man was deceased and two others being detained by Sedona police until YCSO arrived, Green stated.
The man killed the fatal shooting has been named as 53-year-old David Chesney, of Queen Creek. Details of what occurred are still under investigation by YCSO detectives, but it was reported that Chesney allegedly fired shots into a trailer home where another man and his wife were staying, and that he also pointed a gun at the wife.
The other man involved stated he then shot Chesney. The relationship between the two men and what prompted the confrontation is not currently known.
Chesney, who sustained a gunshot wound on scene, was not conscious nor alert and was being medically treated by officers prior to Sedona Fire District and EMS arrival.
