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The Phoenix Police Department released a Critical Incident Briefing (CIB) video that includes audio, visuals and information related to an officer-involved shooting (OIS) which occurred on November 9, 2024.
This incident took place at an apartment complex near Osborn Road and 12th Place when officers were called to an emergency call of someone with a knife. The caller indicated there was a woman holding and waving a knife around while walking through the complex.
When officers got to the scene, they saw a woman holding a knife standing on the second-floor landing.
The officers repeatedly ordered the woman to drop the knife. The woman continued to hold the knife as an officer struck her with multiple rounds from a 40-millimeter launcher.
The woman kept the knife in her hand as she started to make her way down the stairs toward the officers. It was at this time, when an officer deployed his Taser and another officer shot one round from her gun.
The knife used by the woman was recovered in an area close to where the shooting occurred.
After the shooting, officers provided lifesaving measures to the woman. She was later taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The officer involved in this shooting works in the Mountain View Precinct and has a combined total of 16 years in law enforcement in Arizona.
Conclusions about whether the actions of the officers are consistent with department policy and the law will not be made until all facts are known and the investigation is complete. An internal investigation by the Professional Standard Bureau is currently underway, in addition to a criminal investigation. Once the criminal investigation is complete it will then be reviewed by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
Public records law required redaction of certain personal identifying information before video is released publicly. This is why you may see some parts of Body Worn Camera (BWC) blurred or covered with a black box. Redacted video is released to local media in conjunction with the release of this Critical Incident Briefing for independent review and publication. Complete, unedited versions of the BWC are released to attorneys and the courts as evidence in a criminal case.
The Phoenix Police Department released a Critical Incident Briefing (CIB) video that includes audio, visuals and information related to an officer-involved shooting (OIS) which occurred on November 9, 2024.
This incident took place at an apartment complex near Osborn Road and 12th Place when officers were called to an emergency call of someone with a knife. The caller indicated there was a woman holding and waving a knife around while walking through the complex.
When officers got to the scene, they saw a woman holding a knife standing on the second-floor landing.
The officers repeatedly ordered the woman to drop the knife. The woman continued to hold the knife as an officer struck her with multiple rounds from a 40-millimeter launcher.
The woman kept the knife in her hand as she started to make her way down the stairs toward the officers. It was at this time, when an officer deployed his Taser and another officer shot one round from her gun.
The knife used by the woman was recovered in an area close to where the shooting occurred.
After the shooting, officers provided lifesaving measures to the woman. She was later taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The officer involved in this shooting works in the Mountain View Precinct and has a combined total of 16 years in law enforcement in Arizona.
Conclusions about whether the actions of the officers are consistent with department policy and the law will not be made until all facts are known and the investigation is complete. An internal investigation by the Professional Standard Bureau is currently underway, in addition to a criminal investigation. Once the criminal investigation is complete it will then be reviewed by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
Public records law required redaction of certain personal identifying information before video is released publicly. This is why you may see some parts of Body Worn Camera (BWC) blurred or covered with a black box. Redacted video is released to local media in conjunction with the release of this Critical Incident Briefing for independent review and publication. Complete, unedited versions of the BWC are released to attorneys and the courts as evidence in a criminal case.
