The latest fatal police shootings come after the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into the Phoenix Police Department, which concluded in June. The report found that Phoenix police regularly committed a litany of civil rights violations, including discriminating against people of color, using excessive and unnecessarily deadly force and arresting unhoused people without cause. Phoenix police Chief Michael Sullivan was brought in to lead the department in September 2022 as it dealt with the probe.
The city of Phoenix has publicly pushed back against any independent oversight sought by the Justice Department. But the resignation in 2024 of the head of Phoenix's Office of Accountability and Transparency and the creation of a watered-down civilian review board call into question the city's ability to regulate its own police department.
Here is a rundown of all the people killed this year by Phoenix police. Where applicable, click each name for a full story on each shooting.