The Phoenix Police Department says a shooting involving its officers broke out Saturday afternoon near Central Avenue and Bell Road. This is the third Phoenix PD shooting of the week.
Police say a caller saw a vehicle driving erratically on the road and almost hit a pedestrian. The caller reported seeing the suspect drink from what appeared to be a liquor bottle while behind the wheel and followed him while still on the phone with dispatchers.Police started questioning him, and he was complying, but then police say he grabbed another gun, a handgun, from his truck.
This is the third deadly police shooting involving Phoenix officers this week. There was another deadly police shooting in Avondale, too. The first was on Feb. 22 around 2 p.m. near 23rd and Glendale avenues. The second happened around 5 p.m. near Adams Street and 27th Avenue. Both of the shootings resulted in the suspect dying.
"… we hold up to our transparency policy. We will provide the body cameras and information related to all three of these officer involved shootings, within that 14-day period," Phoenix Police Sgt. Brian Bower said.Phoenix Police Sgt. Brian Bower details the Feb. 25 police shooting of a reportedly armed man struggling with police over a weapon. The suspect died from his injuries.
FOX 10's Lauren Clark has more on the two police shootings in Phoenix that happened just hours apart from each other on Wednesday, Feb. 22.Police are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in the West Valley. The incident reportedly happened near the area of Dysart and Buckeye Roads. According to officials with the Avondale Police Department, the person who died in the shooting was the suspect.A suspect died following an officer-involved shooting on Jan.
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