Overview
- Chandler detectives shot and killed a wanted aggravated‑assault suspect during a foot chase in Tempe on Friday after the man displayed a firearm and officers recovered a gun at the scene.
- Hours later, Mesa officers responding to a reported homicide near Dobson and Broadway found a dead man and then located a suspect who barricaded in an apartment, fired at officers, was met with returned gunfire and was taken into custody after being subdued with beanbag rounds and a Taser.
- Early Saturday in Phoenix a neighbor shot a man who was stabbing two women at an apartment near 16th Street and Colter; the two women were hospitalized with serious injuries and the 26‑year‑old neighbor was released pending the investigation.
- Also early Saturday, 22‑year‑old Julio Angel Osife Diaz was killed after an argument at an ARCO gas station and 21‑year‑old Jaheime Rashard Brown was arrested on a second‑degree murder charge and held on a $1 million bond.
- A separate mass shooting in downtown Tucson on Sunday wounded ten people critically and led to an officer shooting a suspect who was taken into custody in life‑threatening condition while the Pima County Sheriff’s Department leads the probe and local agencies follow established critical‑incident review protocols.