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Phoenix Police Fatally Shoot Man Sitting In Parked Car
A man died Saturday after two police officers shot him while he was sitting inside a parked car in the driveway of a house in Phoenix.
A bystander recorded the incident in a now-viral video, which shows 4 police officers surrounding the car, with at least 2 of them pointing their guns at the driver.
Onlookers can be heard yelling expletives at the officers, along with cries of “Don’t shoot him!”
One of the officers is heard yelling, “Hey, stop fucking moving. I’ll fucking shoot you” moments before a series of gunshots are heard in quick succession.
The man was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities did not identify him, but family members and a city council member identified the man as James “Jay” Garcia.
The council member, Carlos Garcia, shared the video of the shooting on his Facebook page, saying, “It does not shock us that despite all the scrutiny from community Phoenix PD continues to respond violently to calls.”
“We will continue to call for independent investigations into officer involved shootings,” Carlos Garcia said.
Officers responded to a 911 caller on Saturday afternoon who said that a man who had tried to kill him a week earlier had returned with a knife and was threatening to harm him again.
The caller pointed the officers to a home in Maryvale where he alleged the suspect was located. When the officers approached the home, they saw an adult man sitting in a car in the driveway. The officers began talking to him and explained that they were investigating an aggravated assault.
During the conversation, the police department said the officers instructed the man to get out of the vehicle.
At this point, he refused, instead rolling up his window and arming himself with a handgun.
When the officers told the man to drop the handgun, he refused and began to lift it.
“One officer saw the gun pointed at a fellow officer and broke the passenger window trying to distract the suspect,” the police said, while 2 other officers fired their weapons into the vehicle at the man.
Police did not release the names of the two officers, but said that one a was 29-year-old man who was a 3 year veteran and the other was a 31-year-old man who has been with the force for 2 years.
A woman, who identified herself as James Garcia’s sister, shared the video on her Facebook page, saying, “Phoenix P.D shot my brother who was unarmed sleeping in the car.”
The police department dismissed reports that the man was sleeping and unarmed in the car.
“The suspect was not asleep in the vehicle, he armed himself which is what lead to the officer involved shooting,” Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said.
The police spokesperson did not provide further details, including whether Garcia was the suspect that the 911 caller had identified.
The shooting led to a protest against police brutality in Phoenix on Sunday and demands for the department to release body camera footage of the incident.
We are still working on getting more details about the death, as family statement on the death is yet to be released.