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Cluster of Shootings and Stabbings Across Phoenix Metro and Tucson Leaves Multiple Dead and Many Critically Hurt

Authorities have activated multi‑agency reviews to evaluate officer use of force during the incidents.

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.