GLENDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A suspect is dead after Glendale police officers were involved in a shooting and a violent standoff Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
Officers were called out to a house on Nicolet Avenue, north of Glendale Avenue, near 75th Avenue, because a man violated an order of protection and was trespassing around noon, police said.
The suspect’s adult daughter called 911 and was scared, police told Arizona’s Family.
Police said the man and daughter share the house but the man is not supposed to be there.
When the first officers knocked on the door, he gave them a hard time, and that’s when the standoff started. A police spokesperson said the man was “very anti-police” and had weapons at the house.
Eventually, SWAT was called to clear the home, investigators said. When the team arrived, the man would not come out. Police said the suspect shot at officers with his rifle.
“We were met with gunfire at every opportunity,” a police spokesman said.
Investigators said the gunshots damaged two police cars and the man shot down two drones. The gunfire also heavily damaged a SWAT vehicle.
One officer suffered minor injuries.
A suspect fired his gun at officers in Glendale.(Samuela Uluikadavu)
Just before 9 p.m., police said the suspect was dead. Investigators did not say if he shot himself or if police shot him.
This marks the 30th officer-involved shooting in the Phoenix area and the 55th police shooting in the state so far this year, according to Arizona’s Family numbers.
correction: Police originally said the suspect’s girlfriend call 911. The story has been updated.
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