Critical Incident Briefing - January 26, 2026 – 7500 W Lower Buckeye Rd

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The Phoenix Police Department has released a Critical Incident Briefing (CIB) video on an officer-involved shooting (OIS) from January 26, 2026.

This incident happened near 7500 West Lower Buckeye Road when officers responded to reports of an active shooting.

Multiple 9-1-1 calls came in regarding a man shooting at a house. The first call indicated a man was shooting a neighbor’s home. In the background dispatch can hear the shots being fired.

Additional calls were received reporting the incident. In one call, a caller stated, “somebody shot one of my kids.” In another call, a woman told dispatch that someone is shooting her kids. A man came on the line, saying there were kids at the location and later added “they are pointing the gun at my dad.”

Dispatchers heard gunfire during the 9-1-1 calls and relayed that information to officers responding to the scene.

When the first officer arrived on scene, several community members pointed him toward a nearby home reporting that children were inside, and somebody was shooting. The officer approached the open front door and reported seeing a struggle. He yelled at the men to show their hands, but neither fully complied. This is when the officer-involved shooting took place.

Officers entered the home and found two men wounded by gunfire. One man was transported to the hospital for a non-life-threatening injury. Another man was pronounced deceased at the scene. A third man was detained and transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries not related to gunfire.

Based on what we now know, the man that was fatally shot had disarmed the individual who had fired shots at the home and other family members. 

He was not the subject of the original call.

The officer involved in this shooting is assigned to the Maryvale Estrella Mountain Precinct and has approximately five years of service with the Phoenix Police Department.

This incident is the subject of a criminal investigation being conducted by the Major Incident Division of the Department of Public Safety and will be reviewed by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Conclusions about whether the actions of the officers are consistent with department policy and the law will not be made until all facts are known and the investigation is complete.