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By Oct. 1, 2024, a year before Giordano addressed the uptick in police shootings, the Police Department had 12 police shootings, nine of which were fatal. For all of 2024, Phoenix police had 20 police shootings, 15 fatal.
Phoenix Police released video of an officer-involved shooting after an armed robbery call; the unarmed suspect was wounded and the incident is under investigation.
Police are investigating a crash in downtown Phoenix that left three people injured on Saturday afternoon, including two police officers.
Henry Rivera, 30, was mistaken by Phoenix police for a murder and kidnapping suspect. He was killed by officers after he ran.
Phoenix Police released a video of an officer-involved shooting on October 2, 2025, after a confrontation with an armed, distressed man.
An allegedly armed man was killed in a shooting involving officers with the Phoenix Police Department on Saturday night.
Phoenix leaders have approved a $1.2 million lawsuit settlement with the children of a man police shot and killed in 2019.
A man was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of a 2022 attack on a Phoenix police detective and taking part in four other shootings.
The suspect of a fatal 2017 stabbing who allegedly fled to Mexico and was extradited has finally been captured, police announced Thursday.
Officer-involved shootings in Phoenix are up under its new chief — and the pressure is on to address it. Chief Matt Giordano has expressed his deep concern and issued a public list of reforms.