PHOENIX — A Phoenix police officer was hospitalized after a man broke a window at a north Phoenix apartment complex on Saturday, the department tells 12News.
Phoenix police said officers were called to an apartment complex located at 17031 N 11th Avenue on Saturday due to a man threatening to hurt himself with a knife.
Officers were able to make contact with the man at the front door of the apartment and started giving him commands to come out.
However, the man then broke a window, which led to an officer being injured.
Phoenix police said the officer was standing next to the window when the man broke it and received minor injuries. The officer was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated.
The man was later arrested and has been booked into the Maricopa County jail.
No one involved has been identified.
This is a developing story and more details will be added as they are made available.
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