GLENDALE, Ariz. — Glendale police were involved in a shooting Wednesday afternoon, the city's police department said.
The shooting occurred near 67th Avenue and Cactus Road at around 2 p.m. A suspect was shot at least one time.
In a news conference Wednesday evening, a spokesperson said police received a report of a male suspect with a gun in the area of 65th Avenue and Sierra Street.
Callers reported "a male subject behaving erratically," police said.
The suspect, identified as a 24-year-old Martell Hare Jr., was traveling in a Toyota vehicle, police said.
Police responded to the area to “make sure everyone was safe” and to make contact with the man.
Police said the suspect was able to get in the vehicle and start traveling westbound on Sierra Street, at the same time officers were arriving.
One of the officers was traveling eastbound on Sierra Street. That officer and the suspect crossed paths, facing each other, and the officer then saw the suspect point “what was believed to be a weapon” in his direction.
“At that point, our officer used lethal force against the subject, striking him,” police said.
Multiple shots were fired by the officer, according to police.
Police said two officers were involved in the incident, one of them fired shots at the suspect and the second was a "witness."
The suspect was taken to an area hospital for treatment. He is stable and expected to survive, police said.
Surprise police will be investigating the incident.
No officers were injured in the shooting, police said in a post on "X," formerly known as Twitter.
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