The Flagstaff Police Department would like to announce that information related to the officer involved shooting that took place on Friday February 9, 2018, is now available.
Body camera footage, the original 911 call as well as the available patrol reports have been posted for your review. Redactions have been made to the video and audio recordings as well as the police reports in accordance with Arizona Public Records law based upon the confidentiality and privacy of the individuals involved in the incident.
Witness statements obtained by officers on Friday February 9, 2018, are contained in the reports located on the website. As of today there are no known witnesses, other than the police officers, who observed the subject and the position of the hand gun at the time shots were fired.
At the time of the shooting, the involved officers unfortunately did not have any other information other than what was provided to them over the police radio and documented in the event chronology that has also been posted on the transparency website for review.
This incident continues to be investigated by the Northern Arizona Shoot Team with investigators from the Northern Arizona University Police Department leading the investigation along with other team members. As more information becomes available it will be posted on the website for review.
Officers Beckwith and Rowden have been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of this investigation which is standard protocol in these kinds of investigations.
This incident is actively being investigated by the Northern Arizona Officer Involved Shoot Team, more information will be provided as it becomes available.
OFFICIAL POLICE STATEMENT: FLAGSTAFF, AZ (February 9, 2018): The Flagstaff Police Department shot and killed a white male after the suspect pointed a firearm at a victim and officers at the 700 block of West Coconino Ave.
On February 9, 2018 at 8:52 PM a victim contacted the police department and informed them she had been confronted by a white male with a firearm at the 700 block of West Coconino Ave. Officers immediately responded and located a suspect matching the description the victim had provided. Police officers repeatedly demanded the man drop the firearm and not to wave it around or point it at anyone. After several minutes of the officers giving commands and the suspect failing to comply the officers discharged their weapons and the suspect fell. After rendering medical-aid the suspect was pronounced deceased on scene.
No officers or other bystanders were injured in this incident.
This incident is actively being investigated by the Northern Arizona Officer Involved Shoot Team, more information will be provided as it becomes available.
Sgt. Cory C. Runge
Flagstaff Police Department
Public Relations
UPDATE 11:30 P.M. Police Scanner Recording-
UPDATE 11 P.M. : The suspect is no longer a threat and is in police custody. Due to the nature of his injuries, we will withhold his condition until official details are given to us from the police department.
UPDATE 10:45 P.M. : Just before 9 pm Friday evening, Flagstaff police received a 911 call from a frantic female stating her neighbor (who she’d been having an ongoing dispute with) was outside her apartment door threatening her with a gun. The woman locked herself in a bedroom while the neighbor, described as a white male in his seventies with a beard was ringing the doorbell. When officers arrived, they confronted the suspect and observed him holding a firearm. They repeatedly told him to drop the weapon, but he instead waved the gun around and pointed it at Officers. The moment the weapon was pointed at Officers, the Officers shot the suspect. The incident took place in the middle of an apartment complex in the 700 block of Coconino Avenue. The is an active crime scene and details are still forthcoming. We will update you if and when we get them. Police scanner recording to follow.
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