CHANDLER, AZ — One person is dead after a police shooting near McClintock Drive and Chandler Boulevard Wednesday afternoon.
Police say officers were called to the area around 1:30 p.m. for a domestic disturbance call.
When officers arrived at the location they were informed by the homeowner that a relative who did not live there was behaving "erratically" in the backyard.
When officers went to the backyard they were immediately confronted by a man who was armed with two large knives, according to police officials. They say the man made threatening comments toward the officers.
Officials say officers attempted to de-escalate the situation for more than 30 minutes but the man refused to obey commands.
The officers reportedly used less lethal devices but were unsuccessful in detaining the man. Officials say the man then "charged at officers in an aggressive manner with his weapons" and that's when three officers fired their duty weapons.
The man, later identified as 45-year-old Ruben Felix Alejandro Lopez, died at the scene.
The three officers who were involved are now on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. None of the officers were hurt during the incident.
This is the second shooting involving police officers in the Valley this week that ABC15 has tracked and the 24th overall this year. An armed shoplifting suspect was shot and killed by police near 35th Avenue and Roosevelt Street late Tuesday night.
