Phoenix police officers shot and killed a suspect after he allegedly kidnapped a woman in Gilbert. New details have been released about the case.

“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest. Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.

A lawyer for Sergio Nino III, 18, filed a $500,000 notice of claim against Phoenix and three police officers over a January 2024 encounter.

Phoenix police shot and killed 14 people in 2024. Four people have already died after police encounters this year.

The department has not had a permanent police chief since Jeri Williams retired in the summer of 2022. Interim Police Chief Michael Sullivan was tapped for the position in September 2022, about a year after the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into the department and city.

A shooting involving Phoenix Police officers on Feb. 12 left two suspects injured, but they've been released from medical care as of Wednesday.

Detectives arrested a man after he sent an email threatening a local school, the Phoenix Police Department said.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A one-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being pulled from a hot tub in north Phoenix on Sunday morning. Phoenix firefighters were called to a home near 19th Avenue and Greenway Parkway around 11:30 a.m. after a one-year-old boy was found unconscious and not breathing in a hot tub.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Police Department announced on Tuesday that it has implemented its new use of force policy, which has been years in the making. The purpose was to “clearly ...

Waite was found dead on Jan. 16, 1986. At the time, investigators found no evidence of forced entry into the house and believed she may have known her killer to some degree. Items were also stolen from the home at the time of the homicide, police said.

Phoenix Fire Department officials are cognizant of the dangers of wildfires impinging on urban areas, more so after the recent Los Angeles blazes that caused hundreds of billions of dollars in