Overview

• Officers responding to a reported mental health emergency near 7th Street and Southern Avenue used less‑lethal tools before shooting a man, who was hospitalized in critical condition and a weapon was recovered.
• The same day, police were involved in a second shooting near 16th Street and Buckeye Road, where a person was hospitalized with serious injuries; DPS’s Major Incident Division is leading that probe.
• Police said no officers or community members were injured in the day’s officer‑involved shootings.
• Hours later in south Phoenix, officers found two teen boys shot near 37th and La Salle Streets; one died at the hospital, another had non‑life‑threatening injuries, and a third teen later arrived at a hospital with a non‑life‑threatening wound.
• Homicide detectives are investigating the teen shooting, authorities are seeking tips through Silent Witness, and recent reporting notes at least 58 police shootings with at least 39 fatalities statewide this year.