PHOENIX — More details were released by police after a late May police shooting that left a woman hospitalized.
The incident occurred May 22 around 6:30 p.m. when officials first received word of a suspicious vehicle near 35th and Glendale avenues.
When officers made contact with the vehicle, the woman behind the wheel appeared to be asleep and later took off. Police did not pursue the vehicle, but unmarked vehicles and an aerial unit tracked her location.
Police eventually deployed a grappler near 19th Avenue and Bell Road, and when the vehicle stopped, the 40-year-old woman aimed what police originally claimed was a handgun at officers.
After multiple failed attempts to communicate with the woman, three officers fired their weapons into the vehicle, hitting the woman once.
According to officials, the object believed to be a handgun was later determined to be a butane lighter "resembling a handgun."
She was taken to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries but has since been released and booked into jail on multiple charges including aggravated assault.
