Phoenix police kill man after seeing him stab woman
Two Phoenix police officers shot and killed a man, 53, after watching him stab a woman in his bedroom and then turn on them.
The woman, 48, who police think is the man's common-law wife, is in critical condition with several stab wounds to the chest, said Detective James Holmes, police spokesman.
Police arrived at the couple's home on Cochise Drive near 19th and Peoria avenues shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday. When they got to the scene the couple's 14-year-old son told officers his father was stabbing his mother inside the home. The boy, who had a friend visiting, first asked his neighbor for help. When the neighbor went inside, the father threatened him.
Four officers entered the house tactically. They saw the man in the bedroom stabbing his wife and demanded he dropped his weapon. When he didn't, one of the officers used a taser on him.
The man tried to cut the probes on the taser before turning on the officer who deployed it. Two other officers then shot three to four bullets at the man, said Holmes. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are unsure what the couple was arguing about.
The two officers will be put on paid administrative leave, as with all officer involved shootings.
Yeah, the taser didn't cause his death... but it makes an attractive headline.
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