Hello, I'm Commander Cindy Uer with the Criminal Investigations Division at the Apache Junction Police Department. This critical incident community briefing is intended to provide you with information about an officer involved shooting line of duty death that occurred in Apache Junction. We will share information related to this case to help you understand details based on the present facts. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The images and language in this video may be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. On June 2nd, 2025, before 9:30 a.m., a man called 911, saying that another man in a white Tesla pointed a gun at him and his son who were driving in a car nearby. >> 911. Do you need police or medics? >> Uh, police. This guy's over here on freaking Ironwood. I'm headed south on Ironwood and he's in a Tesla. Flashing his gun. >> He's flashing his gun. >> If he's scared, if he Yeah, if he's scared, he needs to know how to handle a gun. >> But first of all, he's flashing it while my son's in the damn car. >> I'm about to get a license plate. He's behind me. But >> this is ridiculous, man. >> At the same time, an Apache Junction police officer was conducting traffic enforcement in the area and saw the car driving southbound on Ironwood Drive. The officer pulled the car over on Ironwood Drive north of Radiance. Here is bodywn camera footage of the traffic stop conducted by that officer. >> You have your license on you. You have any firearms in the car? No weapons. Okay. I prefer Mary 11 and I with Elliot. >> You have your ID. The officer talked to the driver, asked if he had any weapons, asks for ID, and tells him to step out of the car. The driver is identified as Roger Nunees. As Nunees gets ready to step out of the vehicle, he takes a handgun from the glove box and gets out of the car. The officer sees the weapon in his hand and pulls out his duty weapon, backing up, and orders Nunes to drop the weapon. >> Drop the gun. What a gunpoint. Drop it. Drop it. >> You have TO SHOOT ME. >> DROP IT. >> You have TO SHOOT IT. >> DROP IT. >> DROP THE GUN. >> DROP THE GUN. [screaming] >> As the officer is waiting for backup, he shares information on the radio with other officers coming to help. >> Hurry up. He's got a 417. He said he has I have to shoot him. He's walking away. Southgun right now on the sidewalk. Nunes continued walking south on Ironwood, still holding the gun while one officer followed on foot and one in a car as they gave loud commands to drop the weapon as additional officers continued to arrive on scene. Nunees ignored the officers who continued to yell at him to drop the gun. They gave him multiple commands while the man walked away from them. Nunees turned west onto Radiance and kept walking while more officers arrived and set up a perimeter around him to contain him and keep the community safe. >> Should be. >> Officers then used a patrol car as cover and tried to use a pepper ball gun, a less lethal tool to get Nunes to drop the gun. And those efforts did not work. containment confinement. >> Put the gun down. >> Watch it. Watch it. >> Hands up. >> Drop the gun. Radio shut down. Everyone drop the gun. Mary 11. Shots fired. Shots fired. >> As the officers moved closer, Nunes fired at them, immediately striking officer Fosio in the face. And officers returned fire and Nunes fell to the ground. Okay. Still moving. >> STILL MOVING. WATCH THE GUN. >> Officers rushed to save officer Fosio. They put him in a patrol car while Nunes was still posing a threat, lying on the ground with the gun in his hand. The officers kept giving commands, but Nunes would not listen. He got up from the ground with a gun in his hand and an officer shot a single bullet striking Nunes. >> Get down. >> GET DOWN. >> GET DOWN. >> I'm going to shoot. >> Get down. Officer Fosio was transported to the nearest hospital in a police car while other officers stayed at the scene to engage with the continued threat from Nunees who was lying on the ground injured but still in possession of the firearm which posed a lethal threat to the community and our officers. >> Watch fire. >> I'm getting the weapon. >> Go ahead. for >> roll over. >> Roll over. >> Roger Nunees was arrested and transported to the hospital for a gunshot wound to his torso. He was later released from the hospital and was booked into the Panel County Jail for one count of first-degree murder, seven counts of aggravated assault on law enforcement, and two counts of disorderly conduct with a weapon. He is currently being held on a $2 million cashonly bond. Officer Gabriel Fosio spent six days in the hospital before succumbing to the wound on June 8th of 2025 as a result of the injury he sustained in the shooting that took place on June 2nd of 2025. This officer involved shooting was investigated by the Mesa Police Department as part of the East Valley critical incident response team. EVsert includes members from Apache Junction, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, and Tempe police departments. EVsert provides greater transparency and accountability because agencies involved in the critical force incident will not be directly involved in the criminal investigation. The officer involved shooting committee of the panel county attorney's office reviewed the police reports and recordings of this incident and they found that the actions of the involved officers do not warrant criminal prosecution. Thank you for taking the time to watch this critical incident community briefing.