Crime & Police

John Michael Lewis Jr., 43, was inside his home when shots were exchanged with officers. It’s not clear how he died.

The Aug. 1 incident unfolded quickly as Devin Thompson fled and an officer shot him at close range.

Phoenix police officers have shot and killed two men in the first three weeks of 2024.

The legislation would bring sweeping transparency, support to people injured by police or relatives of those killed.

Chief Michael Sullivan was blitzing the media on Thursday trying to head off federal oversight. Across town, officers gunned down another person.

The Phoenix airport ranked fourth among the Top 10 airports for guns. Most of them were loaded.

Kalen Christian D’Almeida and Braden Joel Ellis now face a Feb. 9 court hearing.

The days of the anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ+ serial harasser avoiding jail time might be coming to an end.

Alton Tungovia refused to stop for Phoenix police, who shot him with pepper balls before fatally shooting him.

Phoenix police say widower of Allister Adel killed a romantic interest and an 83-year-old before shooting himself on Christmas Eve.

Benjamin Austin, 58, among 18 people who died during encounters with Phoenix police in 2023.

Police said Leonardo Santiago confessed to killing Osvaldo Castillo just days after being charged with killing and mutilating another gay man.

Relatives call attention to the unsolved 2010 killings of Nicole Glass and Melissa Mason, who was pregnant.

Nine Phoenix police officers face a lawsuit for allegedly beating a man so severely that he required hospitalization.

Police say four people played a role in shooting, killing and mutilating 30-year-old Bernardo Pantaleon.

County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, Phoenix police make arrests in several cases, including one that nabbed $2 million in merch from Home Depot.

The two men from the right-wing organization face misdemeanor charges after ambushing the professor in Tempe.

The 22-year-old Tempe woman was shot, beaten and burned alive inside a vehicle on Interstate 10 in April.

The two police agencies – among the largest in Arizona – don’t submit crime stats to the FBI’s annual tracking report.

She now faces 95 charges in a horrifying dog abuse case that’s prompting the city to expand its animal abuse laws.

Jake Kelly officiated the wedding of Cory and Shannon Young, five months before police said their friend Angel Mullooly killed him.

The man wanted a Scottsdale rabbi to help him solve a legal issue in Utah. His strategy? Violent, antisemitic threats.