Overview
- Phoenix officers were called to Maryvale Wednesday night after reports of a person with a gun and encountered a woman with a handgun, and two officers fired during the contact.
- Police say the woman was struck and taken to the hospital for treatment while no officers were injured.
- A neighbor’s cellphone video provided to local outlets captures officers commanding the woman to drop the weapon and then gunshots, and police say one officer used a 40-millimeter less-lethal launcher while another fired a duty rifle.
- The Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Major Incident Division has taken over the probe and Phoenix police will conduct an internal review, with the scene kept restricted for an extended period.
- The shooting is being reported as the 42nd officer-involved shooting in Maricopa County this year and the 72nd statewide, a tally that has drawn public attention to use-of-force incidents in the region