Shown is the scene near where five Phoenix police officers were shot and wounded after responding to a report of gunfire inside a home early Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, including four who were shot while trying to take a baby to safety, Police Chief Jeri Williams said.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Five Phoenix police officers were shot and wounded after responding to a report of gunfire inside a home early Friday, including four who were shot while trying to take a baby to safety, police said.
The suspect was found dead in the home following a barricade situation and a woman at the home was critically injured, police said a statement that didn’t specify how the suspect died.
Police Chief Jeri Williams told reporters that four of the five wounded officers were recovering from their gunshot wounds while the fifth was “seriously hurt but is on the road to recovery.”
Williams later told KTAR-FM that three more officers were hit by bullet fragments and “stayed on scene … to take care of business and make sure the scene was secure.”
The baby had been inside the home “and at some point was placed in a carrier and placed outside,” Williams told reporters at one of two hospitals were wounded officers were treated.
A video on KPNX-TV showed a man coming out of the home with what appeared to be a bag, setting it down just outside the front door and then raising his hands to surrender while backing away from the house. The video then appeared to show gunfire as officers approached the doorway and then scattered.
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.”
No identities were released and police said they were still trying to learn circumstances of the incident.
The neighborhood where the events unfolded has newly built homes and the home where the shooting happened had its second-story windows shot out.
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20 of America’s deadliest mass shootings in the past 10 years
July 20, 2012: Aurora, Colorado
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: July 20, 2012
City/county: Aurora, Colorado
Killed: 12
Family members stand outside Gateway High School where witnesses were brought for questioning after a gunman opened fire at the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises Batman movie Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo.
AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez, File
Dec. 14, 2012: Newtown, Connecticut
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Dec. 14, 2012
City/county: Newtown, Connecticut
Killed: 26
Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire, leaving 26 people dead, including 20 children on Dec. 14, 2012.
AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File
Sept. 16, 2013: Washington, D.C.
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Sept. 16, 2013
City/county: Washington, D.C.
Killed: 12
A police boat patrols near the scene of a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, in Washington. At least one gunman opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard.
AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File
June 17, 2015: Charleston, South Carolina
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: June 17, 2015
City/county: Charleston, South Carolina
Killed: 9
Worshippers embrace following a group prayer across the street from the scene of a shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside the historic black church, killing multiple people, including the pastor, in an assault that authorities described as a hate crime.
AP Photo/David Goldman, File
Oct. 1, 2015: Roseburg, Oregon
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Oct. 1, 2015
City/county: Roseburg, Oregon
Killed: 10
A woman is comforted as friends and family wait for students at the local fairgrounds after a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.
AP Photo/Ryan Kang, File
Dec. 2, 2015: San Bernardino, California
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Dec. 2, 2015
City/county: San Bernardino, California
Killed: 14
Authorities search for a suspect following a shooting that killed multiple people at a social services facility Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in San Bernardino, Calif.
AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File
June 12, 2016: Orlando, Florida
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: June 12, 2016
City/county: Orlando, Florida
Killed: 49
Police officers direct family members away from a fatal shooting at Pulse Orlando nightclub in Orlando, Fla. A gunman massacred 49 people and wounded many others at the gay nightclub.
AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File
Oct. 1, 2017: Las Vegas, Nevada
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Oct. 1, 2017
City/county: Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed: 58
In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, windows are broken at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino in Las Vegas, the room from where Stephen Craig Paddock fired on a nearby music festival, killed 58 and injuring hundreds on Oct. 1, 2017.
AP Photo/John Locher, File
Nov. 5, 2017: Sutherland Springs, Texas
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Nov. 5, 2017
City/county: Sutherland Springs, Texas
Killed: 25
A law enforcement official walks past the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
AP Photo/Eric Gay, File
Feb. 14, 2018: Parkland, Florida
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Feb. 14, 2018
City/county: Parkland, Florida
Killed: 17
Parents wait for news after a reports of a shooting that killed 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.
AP Photo/Joel Auerbach, File
May 18, 2018: Santa Fe, Texas
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: May 18, 2018
City/county: Santa Fe, Texas
Killed: 10
People react outside the unification center at the Alamo Gym, following a shooting at Santa Fe High School Friday, May 18, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File
Oct. 27, 2018: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Oct. 27, 2018
City/county: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Killed: 11
Students from the Yeshiva School in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, pay their respects as the funeral procession for Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz passes their school en route to Homewood Cemetery following a funeral service at the Jewish Community Center, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2018.
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File
Nov. 7, 2018: Thousand Oaks, California
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Nov. 7, 2018
City/county: Thousand Oaks, California
Killed: 12
In this image taken from video a victim is treated near the scene of a shooting, Wednesday evening, Nov. 7, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. A hooded gunman dressed entirely in black opened fire on a crowd at a country dance bar holding a weekly “college night” in Southern California, killing multiple people and sending hundreds fleeing including some who used barstools to break windows and escape, authorities said Thursday. The gunman was later found dead at the scene.
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May 31, 2019: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: May 31, 2019
City/county: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Killed: 12
A police chaplain heads toward Princess Anne Middle School in Virginia Beach, Va, on Friday, May 31, 2019. A longtime city employee opened fire at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, killing 11 people before police shot and killed him, authorities said. Six other people were wounded in the shooting, including a police officer whose bulletproof vest saved his life, said Virginia Beach Police Chief James Cervera.
AP Photo/Vicki Cronis-Nohe, File
Aug. 3, 2019: El Paso, Texas
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Aug. 3, 2019
City/county: El Paso, Texas
Killed: 23
An El Paso police officer talks to a store employee following a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Multiple people were killed and one person was in custody after a shooter went on a rampage at a shopping mall, police in the Texas border town of El Paso said.
AP Photo/Rudy Gutierrez, File
Aug. 4, 2019: Dayton, Ohio
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Aug. 4, 2019
City/county: Dayton, Ohio
Killed: 9
Shoes are piled outside the scene of a mass shooting at Ned Peppers bar, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. Nine people in Ohio were killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours.
AP Photo/John Minchillo, File
Aug. 31, 2019: Midland, Texas
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: Aug. 31, 2019
City/county: Midland, Texas
Killed: 7
Law enforcement officials process the crime scene from a shooting which ended with the shooter being shot dead by police in a stolen mail van, right, in Odessa, Texas. The mass shooting in West Texas spread terror over more than 10 miles as the gunman fired from behind the wheel of a car.
AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File
March 16, 2021: Atlanta
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: March 16, 2021
City/county: Atlanta, Georgia
Killed: 8
Law enforcement officials confer outside a massage parlor following a shooting on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, several of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday.
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File
March 22, 2021: Boulder, Colorado
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: March 22, 2021
City/county: Boulder, Colorado
Killed: 10
Police work on the scene outside a King Soopers grocery store where gunman killed 10 people on Monday, March 22, 2021, in Boulder, Colo.
AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File
April 15, 2021: Indianapolis
Updated
Jan 26, 2022
Incident date: April 15, 2021
City/county: Indianapolis
Killed: 9
Police stand near the scene where multiple people were shot at the FedEx Ground facility early Friday morning, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis. A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said.
AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File