GOODYEAR, AZ — A man has died after a shooting involving Goodyear police officers Saturday.
At about 5:30 p.m., officers were called to a home at Golf Club Drive and Desert Sage, near Estrella Parkway and Westar Drive, for reports of a man stabbing himself with a knife.
According to Surprise Police Department officials, who are investigating the shooting, when officers arrived they noticed blood inside the home, made entry, and located the man in the backyard.
He was reportedly stabbing himself and when officers commanded him to drop the knife he approached the officers while wielding the knife, Surprise police said.
At that point, one of the officers fired their duty weapon, striking him.
He was taken to a hospital where he died.
No officers were injured.
