Phoenix police officers kill gunman in northwest Phoenix

One person was killed in an officer-involved shooting in northwest Phoenix late Thursday morning, a Phoenix police spokesman said.

No officers were injured in the shooting, which occurred at about 11:30 a.m. near 19th Avenue and Cactus Road, a police spokesman said.

Police had a person in custody from the incident. Authorities say they are not looking for anyone else.

The incident began about 11 a.m., when officers saw what they described as a "suspicious vehicle" near 27th and Peoria avenues, said Officer James Holmes, a Phoenix police spokesman.

Holmes would not say what made officers suspicious of the green, four-door sedan, but he said that when officers approached the car, the driver put the sedan in reverse and fled.

A police helicopter followed the car, and officers on the ground later picked up the sedan at an apartment complex near 19th Avenue and Cactus Road, Holmes said.

There were two people in the sedan, an older man and a younger man. Police arrested the younger man while the older man ran into the complex, Holmes said.

Police said the older man pulled out a gun as he was running from officers and was shot several times.

Investigators are expected to be working in the area through the afternoon. There were traffic restrictions near the apartment complex.

Police are still unsure whether the suspect shot at police before they fired on him, Holmes said.

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