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PHOENIX – Five officers of the Phoenix Police Department suffered gunshot wounds early Friday morning while responding to a shooting that led to an hours-long barricaded situation inside a house, police said.
Chief Jeri Williams said the officers were responding to a shooting at a home near 51st Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road about 3 a.m. When one officer approached to help, the suspect opened fire, striking him multiple times, Williams said, Fox News reported.
More officers were then targeted when a baby that was inside the home was placed in a carrier outside, police said.
“As officers went to bring that baby to safety, the suspect continued to shoot, firing and striking four other officers,” Williams said. “At that time our officers returned fire. The suspect then barricaded himself in the home and right now our special assignment unit is taking the lead on this scene.”
Williams said the shooting was “just one more example of the dangers our officers face every day keeping us and our community safe.”
Phoenix PD is working on a situation involving a barricaded subject inside a house. 1 person and several officers have been injured. https://t.co/WESfTiweS6
— Phoenix Police (@PhoenixPolice) February 11, 2022
“If I seem upset, I am. This is senseless. It doesn’t need to happen, and it continues to happen over and over again,” she told reporters. “But I am thankful that our four officers are recovering and one of them is seriously hurt but is on the road to recovery.”
A woman at the scene also was reported to be critically injured, but police did not elaborate on her identity or relation to the shooting. The baby is reported to be safe, according to Fox.
Details were not immediately available, but the incident was resolved about 7 a.m. The suspect was not identified by police.
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