PHOENIX — A man is dead after a police shooting Wednesday near 29th Avenue and Van Buren Street, the Phoenix Police Department said.
Authorities said officers were called to the neighborhood near 27th Avenue and Adams Street where a caller described a suspicious person possibly related to other police activity in the area.
Officers got to the area and learned the man from the call matched the description of a suspect, later identified as 47-year-old Jason Resendez, Department of Public Safety troopers were looking for, related to a U-Haul failing to stop for officers.
Police said a Phoenix patrol unit began checking the area and saw Resendez matching the description provided by DPS walking south near 29th Avenue. When officers tried to contact Resendez, he immediately pulled out a handgun and pointed it toward officers.
Authorities said officers gave Resendez several commands to drop the gun, but he refused. Police said Resendez continued to point the gun at officers at which time the officer-involved shooting occurred.
The Phoenix Fire Department pronounced Resendez deceased on the scene.
This was the second shooting involving law enforcement that happened on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Phoenix police responded to a shooting near 23rd and Glendale avenues. Officers killed a man who pulled a gun of police. No officers were injured.
Commuters are advised to avoid the area during the police investigation.
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