PHOENIX (AP) - A man who allegedly fired a gun while restraining a woman in an apartment bathroom is dead after being shot by three officers responding to a 911 call, Phoenix police said.
Sgt. Ann Justus said there were several 911 calls Tuesday night about a disturbance in an apartment, including one in which the 911 operator overheard shots fired and a woman pleading for help and asking not to be shot.
Officers arriving at the apartment heard at least one shot, forced their way into the bathroom to rescue the woman and fatally shot the armed man, “ending the threat,” Justus said.
The woman suffered minor injuries and no officers were injured.
Justus identified the man killed as Donald Ward, 27.
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