PHOENIX (AP) - Two Phoenix officers shot and wounded a 29-year-old man after he reached for a gun in his waistband during an encounter outside a home, the Police Department said Friday.
Details of the man’s wounds and his identity weren’t released but a police statement said he was seriously injured and hospitalized in stable condition.
The incident occurred Thursday night when the officers responded to a caller’s report of shots fired and loud music at a residence, the statement said.
The officers saw the man was shirtless and had a handgun tucked into his waistband, and they shot him as he reached for the gun, the statement said.
No officers were injured.
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