hello I'm Brian Bower a sergeant with the Phoenix Police Department's public affairs Bureau the following information is intended to provide details as we currently understand them of an officer involved shooting that happened on February 12th 2025 inside the City of Gilbert Arizona the information contained in this video may be disturbing to some people viewer discretion is advised this incident originated at a phoenix hotel in the area of 1200 North 53rd Avenue at about 5:43 p.m. when an emergency 911 call was placed by a witness who saw a man forcing a woman into a truck at gunpoint prior to him driving away the following audio clip is from this 911 call okay and they're in the hotel parking lot uh yes currently they're in truck trying to um put her into a red truck yes like uh physically uh yes and are they like um does she know him uh I think I think they do know each other yes okay and do we have the plate on the vehicle are you able to get that for me um it's they're parked the opposite direction sorry okay it's okay um is he white Black Or Hispanic uh he looks Hispanic how old does he look uh no older than mid-30s what color shirt and pants he he has a gun he has a gun and does he have yes stay away from there yeah and what is he doing with he's trying to shoot her he's pointing at her as we speak yeah okay stay on the line with me get your get yourself safe with whoever you're with okay thank you is she white Black Or Hispanic stay on the line with me she looks Hispanic also what is she wearing uh she has a black to top white lightwash jeans she's punching her in the face any kids no kids body warn cameras are used by all officers assigned to patrol and several specialty units per policy they are worn at Mid torso level and capture the view of line of sight from that perspective it's important to note that the camera lens is fixed and does not capture everything seen or experienced by the officer when activated both audio and video turn on the body warn camera has a buffer of video without audio for 90 seconds prior to activation this feature is designed to to capture incidents that happen suddenly where an officer doesn't immediately activate the camera officers from the marvale estrea precinct responded and began gathering information to identify and locate both the man and woman several hours into the investigation officers with the neighborhood enforcement team commonly referred to as net officers located the female victim in Mesa Arizona net officers along with officers from the special assignments unit known as SAU officers drove to Mesa where the suspect's truck was located near Southern Avenue and Dobson Road officers watched the truck and followed it into Gilbert Arizona while the truck was driving South on Higley Road passing williamsfield Road officers attempted to immobilize the truck but were not successful the truck made a u-turn on Higley Road and the driver began to shoot at officers striking one of the vehicles sa officers used their vehicle to force the man's truck to a stop four SAU officers approached the truck and fired their Duty weapons striking the man here's a clip of the bodyw warn camera worn by one of the involved officers hey he hey hey he's shooting at us he's shooting at us hey get her out get her out get her out get her out get her out Bring up the brake bring up the brake get my break in my back seat [Music] herey watch out watch out watch out watch out watch [Music] [Music] out I need helping that bring the first 18 seconds of the next officer's video clip is silent as it falls within the 90-second buffer of the body warn camera system get her out get her out bring up the break bring give my brake in my back seat [Music] back back the woman was removed from the truck and was found to be suffering from a gunshot it was later determined that the gunshot wound was caused by the male suspect and that the two knew each other members of SAU provided life-saving Care on scene before she was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries the man involved was also taken to the hospital and later died of his injuries the other two officers involved in this incident did not activate their bodyw warn cameras prior to the officer involved shooting here is a picture of the handgun used by the man it was recovered on scene all four of the officers involved in this shooting are members of the special assignments unit and have between 6 and 31 years of service with the Phoenix Police Department this incident is a subject of a criminal investigation that is being conducted by the Gilbert Police Department and will be reviewed by Maricopa County Attorney's Office it is also the subject of an administrative investigation which will be completed by the Phoenix Police Department conclusions about whether the actions of the officers are consistent with Department policy and the law will not be made until all facts are known and the investigation is complete this video was intended to inform and educate the public about a critical incident in our community you can learn about the Phoenix Police Department's transparency policy on our website