PHOENIX — Authorities say a man is in custody after Phoenix police shot at him and had to negotiate with him for three hours to surrender.
Phoenix police said officers were in the area of 47th Avenue and Vineyard Road when they attempted to make a traffic stop on a vehicle. The driver of the car failed to stop and continued into a neighborhood near 43rd Avenue and Alta Vista Road.
Authorities said when the car did stop, a man got out and jumped a residential wall. Officers ran after the man and located him in the driveway of a home.
Police said the man, identified as 30-year-old Jesus Banuelos, pulled out a firearm and pointed it at one of the officers, and that is when the officer shot at the man.
After the shooting, authorities said officers maintained a distance as the man held the gun to his head. Negotiators responded to the area and talked to the man for nearly three hours.
Police said the man eventually dropped the gun and was taken into custody. He was transported to the hospital for evaluation but was not shot by police. Banuelos was booked into jail for aggravated assault.
The vehicle was located by officers nearby and the driver was booked into jail for unlawful flight. She's been identified as 42-year-old Jennifer Covington.
Police said there were no injuries to any other community members or officers.
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