Overview
- Law enforcement shot a suspect during a pre-planned criminal investigation led by the ATF with assistance from the Arizona State Gang Task Force, and the person was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.
- The shooting occurred outside Rock Springs Café on Old Black Canyon Highway in Black Canyon City's Rock Springs neighborhood, where multiple police vehicles and a DPS command van were on scene.
- Officials say no law enforcement officers or bystanders were hurt, but they have not identified whether federal or state officers fired or disclosed the number of shots.
- Authorities have appealed for witnesses to provide tips to Silent Witness by phone or at silentwitness.org as the active investigation continues.
- Coordinated federal and state operations like this are commonly used when the ATF targets alleged gang or firearms activity, and the midday incident prompted shelter-in-place reports and local disruption.