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Brett Eschliman

Age : 28

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/01/2026

Location : Near Lindsay Road and Elliot Road

City : Gilbert

County : Maricopa

State : Arizona

Agency : Gilbert Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during domestic violence call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/01/2026, at approximately 10:50 p.m., Gilbert Police officers responded to an unknown trouble call at a residential property near Lindsay Road and Elliot Road. The caller reported that a person living in a detached structure on the property had been stabbed and provided a description of the alleged assailant.
Officers entered the property, which contained multiple residences and outbuildings. As they approached one of the structures, they heard a woman screaming. Officers encountered 28-year-old Brett Eschliman, who fled deeper into the residence. Inside, officers found multiple stabbing victims and pursued Eschliman into a bedroom, where officers shot him. Eschliman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators later identified the stabbing victims as 32-year-old Delaney Bristow and 30-year-old Caleb Worley, both of whom died from their injuries. A 29-year-old woman survived the attack with non-life-threatening injuries. Police stated Eschliman knew the victims, lived on the property, and detectives believe the violence was an isolated incident.
The Mesa Police Department, acting through the East Valley Critical Incident Response Team, is conducting the investigation into the fatal police shooting. Gilbert Police have not released the identities of the officers who fired their weapons

SOURCE LINKS :

https://ktar.com/arizona-news/gilbert-stabbing-officer-involved-shooting
https://ktar.com/arizona-news/victims-suspect-identified-stabbing-gilbert-police-shooting
https://www.gilbertaz.gov/Home/Components/News/News/6873/1379
https://www.azfamily.com/2026/08/02/two-dead-one-injured-gilbert-home-stabbing-suspect-shot-by-police/
https://www.azfamily.com/video/2026/08/05/gilbert-police-name-victims-deadly-stabbing-officer-shooting/