Woman Released From Hospital And Booked For Assault On Phoenix Officers

The suspect in an officer involved shooting, Melissa Ann Larue, has been arrested.

According to the Phoenix Police Department, on May 22, 2023, around 7:30 p.m., officers responded to the area of 35th Avenue
and Glendale Avenue regarding a suspicious vehicle. When officers got to the area, they located the vehicle described and attempted to make a traffic stop. The vehicle failed to yield to the officers and took off.

Officers initiated a tactical surveillance which continued to the area of 19th Avenue and Phelps Road.

There, an officer deployed a grappler and immobilized the vehicle just north of Phelps Road. Officers gave Larue, who was driving the vehicle several commands, which she ignored. Larue then produced a handgun and pointed it in the direction of an officer. It was at that time that three officers discharged their firearms.

After the shooting, the 40-year-old Larue began to obey commands.

She was transported to a local hospital and after she was released from the hospital she was booked for multiple charges to include aggravated assault.

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