Nine officers injured, suspect dead after barricade situation in Phoenix

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Phoenix, AZ) --  Nine Arizona police officers are injured and a suspect is dead after a barricade situation.  

The incident happened when police responded to reports of a shooting southwest of downtown Phoenix. A woman was also shot and is fighting for her life while police said the suspect was found dead inside the home. Eight of the officers were hurt while detaining a man who walked outside the home with an infant.  

Police believe the infant is the child of the deceased suspect and the woman who is critically injured.