Overview
- Police say three boys were shot around 10:10 p.m. on March 11 near 27th/28th Street and Greenway Road and were hospitalized with serious injuries as the suspects fled before officers arrived.
- Hours later near 32nd Street and Greenway Road, police say an armed man refused commands to drop a handgun before officers opened fire; he was hospitalized and later pronounced dead, and no officers were injured.
- The Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Major Incidents Division is leading the investigation into the officer-involved shooting, and police reported recovering the handgun.
- Investigators have not determined whether the two nearby incidents are connected, with officers on scene indicating no apparent link as inquiries continue.
- Authorities are asking anyone with information about the juvenile shooting to submit anonymous tips to Silent Witness.