“No information suggests that he’s part of the ambush, but it’s an ongoing investigation,” Williams said. Williams said he's a family member and is cooperating with police. The man who brought the baby outside suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Williams said the baby was believed to be the woman and suspect's child. She had been shot and was critically injured, and she died hours later at a hospital, police said. Police also found the suspect's ex-girlfriend in the home. The suspect remained barricaded for several hours and was later found dead from a gunshot wound inside the home. Police were able to get the baby to safety as a SWAT unit took over. Eight of the officers were wounded by ricocheting bullets or shrapnel in that exchange, Williams said. The police returned fire, which then led the suspect to barricade himself.
He raised his hands to surrender while backing away from the house.Īfter that man was detained, other officers approached the doorway to get the baby girl, and the suspect fired more shots. The man put the satchel on the ground and then laid down the infant, wrapped in a blanket, between the satchel and the front door. Video from the scene shows another man coming outside holding a baby and a satchel. “That officer was able to get back and get away to safety.” “As he approached the doorway, the suspect ambushed him with a gun and shot him several times,” he said. He was invited inside, Phoenix police Sgt. The most seriously injured officer was the first to arrive at the home, around 2:15 a.m., following a report of a woman shot. “A baby is safe today because of our Phoenix police officers," Mayor Kate Gallego said at a news conference near the scene. All of the officers were expected to survive, and the baby girl was unharmed. Of the five shot, four remain hospitalized. Four more officers were injured by shrapnel or ricocheting bullets, police said. In all, five officers were shot, including four who were wounded while trying to take the baby to safety. PHOENIX (AP) - A man who shot his ex-girlfriend at a Phoenix home early Friday ambushed the first officer on the scene, seriously injuring him, then opened fire on other police as they tried to rescue a baby that was left outside the door.
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