Cadet Sacrifice in Home Invasion | Tucson News

Tucson News Today | 2 Min Now | The Daily News Now! · Aug 25, 2026 · 1m

A Tucson police cadet was fatally shot during a home invasion, while his fiancée—also a corrections officer—fought off attackers by opening their gun safe and surviving a gunshot wound to the shoulder, all while protecting their unborn child. Surveillance footage helped identify one suspect, Santiago Jorge Rogers, a high-risk inmate with a violent criminal history, who was arrested; the second suspect, Alex James Barnett, remains at large. This heartbreaking case underscores the peril faced by law enforcement—even off duty—as authorities race to bring both men to justice. Listen in…