Phoenix Police Run Over Armed Man After Less than Lethal Effort is Used

Bodycam Release Date 1/26/2024 Phoenix, AZ - On 1/12/2024, a man, identified as David Epaloose, aged 38, has been arrested and booked into jail in connection with a shooting incident involving Phoenix police officers. The charges against him include aggravated assault and resisting arrest. The incident occurred when officers responded to a domestic violence call at an apartment near 1400 East Brill Street. The caller reported that her cousin's boyfriend was attempting to enter the apartment by forcefully kicking the front door while holding a knife. However, before the officers arrived, the man fled the scene and was spotted walking into an alley. The officers, upon reaching the area, identified a man whom they believed to be the suspect. They issued commands to him, but he failed to comply and instead moved away from the officers, eventually running away. The officers pursued him, and during the chase, two of them used less-lethal tools in an attempt to apprehend him. However, when the man reached the area of 15th Street and Brill Street, he produced a handgun and pointed it at the officers. The officers continued to use less-lethal tools as they made their way through the neighborhood. At approximately 8:17 p.m., one of the officers discharged his duty shotgun, striking the man, while simultaneously another officer drove a marked patrol Tahoe at the man, also striking him. The man was eventually detained near 14th and Brill streets and was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. The officer who drove the patrol Tahoe at the man also sustained minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. It was later determined that the handgun used by the man was actually a pellet gun designed to resemble a semi-automatic handgun. The investigation revealed that the individual who initially attempted to force entry into the apartment was not the same person who fled from the officers and pointed the handgun at them.

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