5 Phoenix police officers wounded in shootout at home
Phoenix police say five police officers have been shot and wounded at a home and that four suffered gunshot wounds while trying to take a baby to safety
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The suspect was found dead in the home following a barricade situation and a woman at the home was critically injured, police said a statement that didn't specify how the suspect died.
Police Chief Jeri Williams told reporters that four of the five wounded officers were recovering from their gunshot wounds while the fifth was “seriously hurt but is on the road to recovery.”
Williams later told KTAR-FM that three more officers were hit by bullet fragments and “stayed on scene ... to take care of business and make sure the scene was secure.”
The baby had been inside the home “and at some point was placed in a carrier and placed outside,” Williams told reporters at one of two hospitals were wounded officers were treated.
A video on KPNX-TV showed a man coming out of the home with what appeared to be a bag, setting it down just outside the front door and then raising his hands to surrender while backing away from the house. The video then appeared to show gunfire as officers approached the doorway and then scattered.
Sgt. Ann Justus, a police department spokesperson, said the baby was unharmed.
Williams said the first officer to arrive was shot and wounded “multiple times” by a suspect.
“This is just one more example of the dangers that officers face every day keeping us and our community safe,” Williams said. “If I seem upset, I am. This is senseless. It does not need to happen and it continues to happen over and over again.”
No identities were released and police said they were still trying to learn circumstances of the incident.
The neighborhood where the events unfolded has newly built homes and the home where the shooting happened had its second-story windows shot out.
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