PHOENIX — A man is dead after being shot by Phoenix police officers at a shopping plaza Sunday night.
Officers were called to the area of 35th and Glendale avenues just after 8 p.m. regarding a man trespassing inside a business. Officers were told the man was armed with a large knife.
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When police arrived and attempted to make contact with the man, he ran into a back room and refused to comply with officers.
A fight began between the man and officers who were attempting to handcuff him. Police say officers used a Taser on the man before the man grabbed the Taser and pointed it at an officer. That is when the officer-involved shooting occurred.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified by police as 31-year-old Essex Jackson.
Two officers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, but they have since been released.
This was the second officer-involved shooting in the Valley Sunday. Chandler police were involved in a shooting in the morning, though no injuries were reported.
