{"id":3310,"date":"2014-03-03T23:53:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T07:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2014-03-04T00:03:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T08:03:19","slug":"phoenix-police-officer-dies-after-shootout-that-killed-a-suspect-2nd-officer-hospitalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/03\/03\/phoenix-police-officer-dies-after-shootout-that-killed-a-suspect-2nd-officer-hospitalized\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix police officer dies after shootout that killed a suspect; 2nd officer hospitalized"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PHOENIX – A Phoenix police officer died and another was in critical condition after a shootout Monday that also killed a man wanted on a felony warrant, authorities said.<\/p>\n

A member of the fugitive apprehension team died of his wounds at a hospital a few hours after the 3:30 p.m. shooting, Police Chief Daniel Garcia said.<\/p>\n

The officer’s name wasn’t immediately released. Garcia said he was a 21-year veteran.<\/p>\n

“The other officer is fighting for his life,” Garcia said at a news conference. The name of that nine-year department veteran also was being withheld by police officials.<\/p>\n

The shootout occurred after the suspect fled in his car, caused a three-vehicle collision, and ran away on foot before exchanging gunfire with officers outside a check cashing and title loan business, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The suspect came around a corner with a gun and a third officer was able to fire on the suspect and stop the threat, police spokesman Detective James Holmes said.<\/p>\n

The suspect’s name was not immediately released.<\/p>\n

An 83-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man suffered minor injuries in the car accident that closed an intersection for more than an hour.<\/p>\n

Nick Cusson, manager of a restaurant in a shopping mall near the shooting scene, said he heard more than a dozen shots just a few minutes after arriving at work.<\/p>\n

“The next thing you know, the whole parking lot is scattered with people,” Cusson said. “Then within about 30 seconds, we see all these cops driving up.”<\/p>\n

Cusson said he had noticed several unmarked police cars parked nearby just before the shooting but didn’t think much of it.<\/p>\n

“Then I guess there was a shootout,” he said. “We were all looking out the window. We were kind of curious. We weren’t sure they were gunshots at first.”<\/p>\n

Cusson said he was closing his shop because the entire area had been cordoned off by police.<\/p>\n

“No one can come pick their food up and we can’t get delivery drivers out,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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