11/3/2021 Critical Incident Briefing from Glendale Media on Vimeo.

This is a “Critical Incident Briefing” of an officer involved shooting that took place on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. The incident occurred near the area of 62nd Avenue and Maryland Avenue. Officers were responding to the area on a complaint that there was an individual who was damaging cars in the area. When officers arrived they found a suspect matching the description of the callers. The suspect jumped in a car to get away from the scene, hitting an officer’s patrol car in the process. Several officers followed the suspect vehicle through the neighborhood attempting to get the man to stop. At one point, the suspect jumps out of the car and begins charging and acting erratically towards officers. Officers used a taser to de-escalate the situation, but it was ineffective. The suspect then charged at officers while reaching behind him, it was then that an officer shot the suspect. Despite life-saving measures, the suspect was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

There are two separate reviews of an officer involved shooting: an internal review and a criminal review. Once those individual reports are finalized, those reports will be sent to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) for further review. Once they complete their review, MCAO will send their finding back to the Glendale Police Department and a “Response to Resistance Board” is convened. The board is made up of subject matter experts and members of our community. Their purpose is to determine whether the use of force was within policy. Upon completion of both reviews the information is sent to the chain of command and those findings will be made available once they are complete.

Please note, this process may take several months or longer to complete.