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Dwight Cornwell
Gender : Male
Age : 76
Race : White
Date : 04/01/2023
Location : 14th St+Bell Rd
City : Phoenix
County : Maricopa
State : Arizona
Agency : Phoenix PD
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police while trying to retrieve his belongings
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Phoenix PD responded to a fight call around 7 p.m. where officers say 76-year-old Dwight Cornwell was trying to get his belongings from an apartment near 14th Street and Bell Road. He could not get inside and agreed to leave for the night. Around an hour later, a woman called the police about an armed man trying to break a window to get inside the house. Officers showed up again and found Cornwell in the parking lot of the complex. Police allege that he pulled the gun. Officers deployed beanbags when Cornwell raised the gun and fired it into the air. One or more officers shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.azfamily.com/2023/04/02/person-down-after-officer-involved-shooting-north-phoenix/
https://www.kmvt.com/video/2023/04/15/graphic-phoenix-police-shoot-kill-armed-man-apartment-complex/
