PHOENIX — Phoenix police say officers were involved in a deadly shooting late Tuesday morning.
The incident occurred before 11 a.m. near 35th Avenue and Broadway Road. According to Phoenix police, officers responded to a residential burglary call in the area. When officers arrived they attempted to make contact with a man found in an alleyway nearby.
It's unclear if that man was connected to the original burglary call or not.
Police say the man had scissors in his hand and did not listen to demands to drop them. Police say they used a Taser device several times on the man, but it was not effective in getting the man to drop the scissors.
At one point, police say the man lunged at officers with the scissors, before at least one officer opened fire hitting him.
The man eventually died from his injuries in the shooting.
No officers were injured, according to Phoenix police.
The man's identity has not been released.
