Officer Shoots Suspect After Fatal Stabbing at Gilbert Home

Overview

• Police were called just before 11 p.m. to a property near Lindsay and Elliot roads and, after hearing a woman scream, encountered a man who matched the suspect description and fled into a building before an officer shot him.
• Officers found three people who had been stabbed on the property: one man was dead at the scene, one woman later died at a hospital, and another woman was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
• The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene, no officers were injured, and police say there are no outstanding suspects connected to the incident.
• The East Valley Critical Incident Response Team opened a criminal investigation with the Mesa Police Department serving as the lead agency, which separates the external criminal probe from any local administrative review.
• Officials have not identified the victims or the suspect and say it is not yet known whether the suspect was armed, and investigators are collecting evidence and witness accounts as the probe continues.