PHOENIX — Phoenix police are investigating after officers were involved in a shooting near 14th Street and McDowell Road Friday night.
Officials say police were called to the area for reports of a domestic violence situation. The caller stated her cousin's boyfriend was trying to enter the apartment by kicking in the front door while holding a knife. The man took off in a nearby alley before officers arrived.
Officers were patroling the area and saw a man they believed was the subject from the domestic violence situation and began giving him verbal commands.
The man did not follow those orders and moved away from officers.
Video shows an officer-involved shooting that occurred on January 12, 2024, in the area of 14th Street and McDowell Road.
— Phoenix Police (@PhoenixPolice) January 26, 2024
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Officers began to chase the man and used less lethal force at this time, but the man continued to run away.
Eventually, the man allegedly pointed the gun at officers. Police continued using less lethal tools as the chase continued until finally an officer shot the man just after 8:15 p.m.
At the same time, another officer drove a marked patrol vehicle and struck the man, ending the threat.
The man was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. The officer who crashed into the man was also taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
The man involved in this incident has not been identified.
Phoenix Police are investigating an Officer Involved Shooting in the area of 14th Street and McDowell Rd. The man involved is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the hospital. An officer was also taken to the hospital for minor injuries sustained. pic.twitter.com/yuoHxIDhHA
— Phoenix Police (@PhoenixPolice) January 13, 2024
The gun the man produced was later determined to be a pellet gun that was made to look like a semi-automatic handgun.
Police later determined the man that had been shot was not the man who had been involved in the reported domestic violence situation.
The suspect from the domestic violence report is still at large.
This is the second officer-involved shooting Friday and the third this week.
The first incident on Friday happened at around 9 a.m. in Peoria and involved Peoria officers. The man in that incident sustained non-life threatening injuries.
On Thursday, a man died after a shooting involving Phoenix officers near 32nd and Van Buren streets.
This is also the second incident of 2024 in which an officer was injured. On January 5, an officer was shot during a shootout with a man with outstanding felony warrants. That man died at a hospital.
