Tucson Residents Charged after Shooting at Undercover Police Officer’s Vehicle

TUCSON, Ariz. – On Wednesday, a four-count federal indictment was unsealed, charging Tucson residents, Hassan Omar Kassim, 19, Alexandra Brooke Wisdom, 19, Daniel Cardenas, 18, and Jaquvon Terell Poe, 20 with crimes related to shooting at a Tucson Police Department (TPD) Officer in April of this year. Cardenas is charged with Use of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence, Kassim and Poe are charged with Aiding and Abetting the crime, and all three are charged with Conspiracy to Commit this offense. Wisdom was charged with Accessory After the Fact.

“Any attack on law enforcement is an attack on the rule of law,” said United States Attorney Timothy Courchaine. “Our office is proud to support Tucson Police officers as they put their lives on the line to keep their communities safe.”

"It's reassuring to know that those responsible for shooting at one of our officers, who was just doing his job, were given the highest priority,” said Tucson Police Department Assistant Chief Diana Duffy. “We are extremely grateful for our continued partnership with the United States Attorney's Office and the FBI here in Tucson.”

"These individuals demonstrated a clear disregard for human life, and we are grateful that no law enforcement personnel or civilians were injured during this dangerous encounter,” said Heith Janke, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Phoenix Field Office. “The FBI will not waiver in our commitment to ensure those who commit acts of violence against members of law enforcement will be held accountable and punished to the fullest extent of the law. We are proud to support and stand-by our Tucson Police Department partners."

On April 20, 2025, a TPD Officer was working as a member of the Operations Division West (ODW) Community Response Team (CRT) around Stone Avenue and Fort Lowell in Tucson, Arizona. The officer was in plain clothes and driving an unmarked City of Tucson vehicle when he observed a dark colored car traveling southbound at a high rate of speed. The officer was able to get behind the vehicle and broadcast its license plate to other members of ODW CRT. The driver of the car then made a turn and an individual, later identified as Daniel Cardenas, leaned out of the rear driver’s side window and shot at the unmarked TPD vehicle. The driver then made another u-turn and Cardenas fired additional shots at the unmarked officer’s vehicle. The officer was unharmed. A marked patrol officer responded to the area and attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver failed to yield and, after a short pursuit, officers lost sight of the car.

Through further investigation, detectives and special agents were able to identify Hassan Omar Kassim as the driver of the car at time of the shooting, and Jaquvon Terell Poe as the rear passenger-side occupant. Officers learned that Alexandra Brooke Wisdom later drove the car to abandon it, removing items from the vehicle in the process, some of which were recovered in her apartment.

A criminal indictment is simply a method by which a person is charged with criminal activity and raises no inference of guilt. An individual is presumed innocent until evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The Tucson Police Department and the FBI Phoenix Division’s Tucson Office, as part of the FBI’s Southern Arizona Violent Crime and Gang Task Force, conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam D. Rossi, District of Arizona, Tucson, is handling the prosecution.

CASE NUMBER:            CR-25-02309-TUC-JCH
RELEASE NUMBER:      2025-093_Kassim, et. al.

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