SUNLAND AVENUE

Police shoot, kill armed man at Phoenix apartment complex

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A man armed with a gun and knife died at a hospital Saturday after he was shot by Phoenix officers at an apartment complex on Sunland Avenue.

Police received a call about 12:45 p.m. Oct. 10 that a man holding a gun and knife was walking around the complex at 40 E. Sunland Ave. He walked into an apartment as officers were arriving, according to a Phoenix Police Department release.

As officers arrived, the unidentified man left the apartment holding the weapons.

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