Overview

• Officers responded around 8:05 p.m. Saturday to reports of a fight near 83rd Avenue and Indian School Road, according to police.
• Police say they found a man pinning a woman to the ground with a knife to her throat and gave repeated commands to drop the weapon.
• An officer fired after the man did not comply, the woman was moved to safety, and the man died at the scene; no officers were injured.
• The man, described as being in his late 40s, has not been publicly identified, and investigators closed nearby traffic while processing the scene.
• Arizona DPS will investigate the case, as local tallies note this marks the 37th law-enforcement shooting in the Phoenix area and either the 61st or 70th statewide in 2025, depending on the outlet.