Overview

• Officers responded about 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 to reports of a person with a gun near 125th Avenue and Elwood Street in Avondale.
• Police say the man threatened officers with a gun, prompting at least one officer to fire.
• The man was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead, and authorities have not released his identity.
• No officers or other members of the public were injured, and police reported no ongoing threat to the community.
• Detectives with the West Valley Incident Response Team and the Peoria Police Department are investigating, and Elwood Street was closed between 124th Drive and 127th Avenue as the scene was processed; local tallies list this as the 26th officer-involved shooting in Maricopa County this year and the 56th statewide.