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Enrique Lopez Gress

Age : 25

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/21/2025

Location : McQueen Road and Pecos Road

City : Chandler

County : Maricopa

State : Arizona

Agency : Chandler Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after pursuit following attempted home entry

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/21/2025, shortly before 7 a.m., Chandler police responded to a 911 call from a residence near Frye Road and Windstream Place. The caller reported that an unknown man was attempting to enter the home and was arguing with the caller's father in the garage. The man was later identified as Enrique Lopez Gress. Police said there was no known connection between Gress and the people at the residence.
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Gress's age was initially reported incorrectly by at least one secondary source as 32. Funeral records establish that he was born on 07/07/2000 and died on 08/21/2025, making him 25 years old.
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According to police, Gress drove away as officers arrived and struck a Chandler police SUV while leaving. Officers pursued him for a short distance. The pursuit ended at the busy intersection of McQueen and Pecos roads after Gress's vehicle collided with an uninvolved motorist driving a white Jeep. Chandler officers used three police vehicles to box in Gress's vehicle.
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Police ordered Gress not to move. According to investigators, Gress instead got out carrying an AK-47-style rifle equipped with a drum magazine and ran from the boxed-in vehicle toward the nearby CVS parking lot. Officers initially used pepper-ball rounds in an attempt to stop him.
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Police alleged that while officers were deploying the less-lethal rounds, Gress began pointing the rifle toward them. Multiple Chandler police officers then opened fire. Investigators said Gress fell but continued holding and pointing the rifle in the officers' direction, and officers continued firing. Gress died at the scene.
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The subsequent investigation established that Gress fired one round from the AK-47 during the encounter. Investigators also reported finding a handgun on him. A search of his vehicle recovered another rifle, another handgun, body armor, ammunition, drugs and cash.
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However, independent video raised a significant question about the police description of the shooting. Dash-camera video obtained by Arizona's Family appears to show Gress running away from officers when police gunfire begins. Civil-rights attorney Ben Taylor, who was not involved in the case, reviewed the footage and said it showed a man running away from officers when he was shot. The video did not by itself resolve whether Gress simultaneously moved or pointed the rifle toward officers from another angle.
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The shooting also occurred in a heavily traveled intersection during morning traffic. Video shows civilian vehicles in the immediate vicinity as multiple officers fired. The number of rounds and the decision to fire in the intersection prompted questions in subsequent news coverage about the danger created for motorists and whether the shooting was justified.
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Mesa Police Department detectives investigated the shooting through the East Valley Critical Incident Response Team, providing an outside-agency criminal investigation of the Chandler officers' actions.
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The investigation was eventually submitted to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. County Attorney records now show the Enrique Lopez Gress shooting as Cleared. EVCIRT/Mesa Police submitted the case on 01/06/2026, and the County Attorney recorded its decision on 05/11/2026.
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A separate court-record search also establishes that Gress had a pending traffic case arising only weeks before his death. On 06/08/2025 he was cited for reckless driving and driving more than 20 mph over the posted speed limit. The charges were ultimately dismissed at the prosecutor's request on 10/31/2025, after his death. These records independently confirm his full legal name as Enrique Lopez Gress.
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Funeral records identify Gress as a Phoenix resident and give his dates as 07/07/2000–08/21/2025. A public visitation was held at Avenidas Funeral Chapel in Avondale on 09/23/2025.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
Multiple Chandler police officers fired at Enrique Lopez Gress. Despite the later investigative reporting, witness video, EVCIRT investigation and completion of the Maricopa County Attorney's criminal review, the shooting officers' identities have not been publicly disclosed in the material located for this update.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/chandler/police-incident-shuts-down-area-of-mcqueen-and-pecos-roads-in-chandler
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/08/21/active-police-situation-shuts-down-major-chandler-intersection/
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/public-advised-avoid-area-chandler-amid-police-situation
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/08/22/armed-would-be-burglary-suspect-killed-chandler-police-shooting/
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/08/23/police-expert-breaks-down-deadly-chandler-police-shooting-use-force-debate/
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/08/28/does-video-match-what-police-say-about-chandler-officer-involved-shooting/
https://www.avenidasfuneralchapel.com/obituaries/enrique-gress
https://maricopacountyattorney.org/562/First-Responder-Critical-Incident-Callou
https://justicecourts.maricopa.gov/app/courtrecords/CaseInfo?casenumber=TR2025123895000