PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department said officers shot and killed an armed suspect near 7th Street and Northern Avenue Wednesday morning.
The shooting happened shortly before 10 a.m., police said.
According to police, officers were looking for a suspect in a west Phoenix home invasion earlier Wednesday morning.
Police said the man, 47-year-old Michael Joe Jolls, forced entry to a home around 4 a.m. near 27th Avenue and Camelback Road and stole a vehicle.
Detectives got a tip that the suspect was near 7th Street and Glendale later.
According to police, officers followed Jolls after seeing him leave a home in the area and walk northbound on 7th Street. Officers followed him to 7th Street and Northern Avenue when Jolls pointed a handgun at an officer, police said.
Police said Jolls then began walking southbound on 7th Street and pointed a handgun at another officer. The officer fired his duty rifle at the suspect.
Police said two police sergeants arrived at the same time and saw Jolls pointing a handgun in the direction of the officer and people at a nearby bus stop. They both fired their duty rifles at the suspect.
Jolls was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no injuries to the officers.
Police said all officers involved in the shooting have served on the force for more than 10 years.
This is the seventh officer-involved shooting in Maricopa County in 2019 and the second involving Phoenix police officers.