Retired Police Officer Killed Outside Gila River Casino

This undated booking photo provided by the Gila River Police Department shows Frank Rojas, 25, who is suspected in a Christmas Eve shooting of retired police officer 52-year-old Frank Pascua outside a casino on the Gila River Indian Community in Chandler, Ariz. The shooting has left Pascua dead and the authorities are seeking any information in finding the the suspect Rojas who remains at large. Gila River Police Department via AP

CHANDLER, Ariz.  — A Christmas Eve shooting outside a Gila River casino has left one man dead and the suspect remains at large.

Police say the shooting happened outside Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino on the Gila River Indian Community on Thursday shortly before 9 p.m.

Det. Robert Hawkes says 25-year-old Frank Rojas is suspected of shooting 52-year-old Frank Pascua three times.

Authorities believe they did not know each other and Pascua was confronting Rojas, who was attempting to steal a car.

Rojas then allegedly carjacked the vehicle of another man who was driving by. That man was unharmed.

Pascua, a retired police officer from Bakersfield, California, was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

Multiple police agencies are searching for Rojas, who is considered armed and dangerous.