Five Phoenix Police Officers Shot, Wounded While Trying to Rescue Baby

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AWR Hawkins

Five police officers were shot, four of whom were trying to rescue a baby, early Friday morning in Phoenix, Arizona.

FOX 10 notes the first officer was shot when he responded to a shooting call at residence near 51st and Broadway. A barricade situation followed, with the shooting suspect holed up in the residence.

A baby was placed outside the door of the residence “at some point” and four other officers were shot while trying to rescue the baby.

Four of the five wounded officers are stable and one is critical.

The Associated Press reports a woman inside the residence “was critically injured.”

 

ABC 15 notes that officers “returned fire” during the incident.

Sgt. Ann Justus, a police department spokesperson, said the baby was unharmed.

Williams said the first officer to arrive was shot and wounded “multiple times” by a suspect.

“This is just one more example of the dangers that officers face every day keeping us and our community safe,” Williams said. “If I seem upset, I am. This is senseless. It does not need to happen and it continues to happen over and over again.”

UPDATED numbers from CNN show a total of nine officers were wounded in the Friday morning incident in Phoenix, Arizona.
Phoenix police chief Jeri Williams tweeted: “I am so proud of the courageous men and women of @PhoenixPolice. 5 officers were shot and 4 others injured in an act of violence that critically injured a woman.
“While they heal from their wounds, their brothers and sisters in blue will be back out there answering when you call.”

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.

 

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