{"id":332243,"date":"2025-10-25T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/332243\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:00:12","slug":"man-charged-in-connection-to-shootout-with-phoenix-swat-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/332243\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged in connection to shootout with Phoenix SWAT team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/72262936007-azcentral-send-news-tips-promo-with-logo.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>How to send news tips to azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic<\/p>\n<p>Readers can send tips to The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com via the newspaper&#8217;s social media channels or by email at newstips@arizonarepublic.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic<\/p>\n<p>According to Phoenix police, officers arrested 22-year-old Francisco Torres on charges of aggravated assault after a search warrant execution in early September led to an officer-involved shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Jen Zak, a spokesperson for the Phoenix Police Department, said Torres was released from a hospital and booked into the Maricopa County Jail nearly two months after the shooting, which occurred near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/arizona\/2025\/09\/02\/phoenix-police-involved-shooting\/85944552007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17th Avenue and Tonto Street.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the apartment complex, Phoenix&#8217;s Special Assignments Unit shouted their presence to those inside before breaking a unit&#8217;s window and using a battering ram to open a door, as seen in body camera footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nvyLswZmwus&amp;t=187s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared<\/a> by police.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s when the team were met with gunfire from inside, prompting one officer to return fire, Zak said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m shot,&#8221; an officer is heard saying in the body camera footage.<\/p>\n<p>That officer was later identified as Michael Paulson, who was later taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life threatening, according to Zak. Another police officer was hurt but was later released from a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Two other men were also detained at the scene, according to Zak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Top stories: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/arizona\/2025\/10\/25\/humphreys-peak-lightning-struck-hiker-account-of-events\/86891996007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atop Humphreys Peak, hikers &#8216;weren&#8217;t gonna die,&#8217; lightning-struck man says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Torres was booked into MCSO custody for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Zak said the handgun believed to be used by Torres was located inside the apartment.<\/p>\n<p>The officer who shot Torres is assigned to the SWAT unit and has over 17 years of service with the Phoenix Police Department, according to Zak.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Department of Public Safety&#8217;s major incident team investigated the shooting and will send their findings to the Maricopa County Attorney&#8217;s Office for review.<\/p>\n<p>Rey Covarrubias Jr. reports for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. 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