Phoenix Police Shoot Man While Responding To Domestic Dispute: Police

PHOENIX, AZ — Phoenix police shot a man Monday evening after they were called to a Phoenix apartment complex for a domestic dispute, according to police.

The shooting happened around 5:20 p.m. Monday at an apartment complex near 52nd Street and Thomas Road. The man who was shot was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, according to police. He has not been publicly identified.

No one besides the man was injured during the shooting, according to police.

When police arrived at the apartment complex, the man was standing on the second floor landing of the courtyard, holding a gun, police said. Officers told him to drop the gun, because they said it was aimed down toward the people in the apartments on the first floor.

That's when police shot the man, police said. The man then went into an apartment on the second floor but then came back out when police told him to. That's when police realized he'd been hit and began giving him aid before taking him to the hospital.

A woman and two children were also inside the apartment, according to police.