PHOENIX — Police officers were involved in a shooting late Tuesday morning in central Phoenix.
The incident happened near 3rd Street and Clarendon Avenue, near the major cross streets of 7th Street and Indian School Road.
Officials say a woman called police after a man attempted to climb the fence into her yard just before 11 a.m.
Police found the man in an alleyway near Claredon Avenue.
According to police, the man did not comply with police commands and reached into his waistband where "he produced a handgun." That is when the shooting involving police began.
The man, who has not been identified was rendered aid and later was pronounced dead by the Phoenix Fire Department.
Stay with us for updates on this developing story.
This is the second shooting involving Phoenix police officers in the last 12 hours. Late Monday night, officers were involved in a shooting near 19th and Southern avenues.
