PHOENIX — A man is dead after a domestic dispute led to a police shooting in Phoenix Wednesday night.
Officers were called to the area of 19th Avenue and Buckeye Road around 8 p.m. for reports of a fight between a couple. When officers arrived to detain the man, police officials say he resisted and ran.
Police say officers chased the man, who at some point stopped and armed himself with what appeared to be a gun.
Two officers fired their duty weapons at the man, hitting him. The man, identified as a 26-year-old, was taken to a hospital where he died.
Police say there were no serious injuries reported during the original domestic dispute, and no officers were hurt at any point.
Investigators determined the man's gun was a replica firearm.
The investigation is ongoing.
