Officers from the Phoenix Police Department were involved in a shooting near 20th Street and Southern Avenue early Sunday morning.
On August 31, 2025, at approximately 12:45 a.m., a two-man patrol unit assigned to the South Mountain Precinct were investigating a man seen riding a bicycle near 2030 East Southern Avenue.
As officers attempted to contact the man, he began to run away. Officers quickly caught up to the man and attempted to detain him. The man resisted officers and was seen removing a knife from his possession. As one of the officers continued struggling to detain the man the other officer verbally alerted his partner to the knife and removed his duty gun, discharged it and struck the man.
Additional officers arrived at the scene and provided medical aid until The Phoenix Fire Department responded and took the man to the hospital where he was not able to overcome his injuries and died.
Don’t ever bring a knife to a gun fight
well at least not in phoenix