Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender : Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 05/15/2021
Location : 29th Avenue and Myrtle Avenue
City : Phoenix
County : Maricopa
State : Arizona
Agency : Phoenix Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 05/15/2021, Phoenix Police initiated a traffic stop near Interstate 17 after identifying a vehicle with expired plates. During the stop the driver fired shots toward an officer and struck a patrol vehicle, then abandoned the vehicle near 29th Avenue and Myrtle Avenue and fled into a neighborhood. Officers conducted a search and heard a gunshot. They located the man dead in a wooded area from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during the active police search that followed the armed encounter.
