First Responders

Scottsdale Police release video of officer involved shooting

The incident is still being investigated by Mesa Police Department

Scottsdale Police Sgt. Allison Sempsis narrates the video footage of a fatal, police involved shooting that occurred during a kidnapping rescue Nov. 13 in Mesa.

(Courtesy Scottsdale Police Department)

The Scottsdale Police Department has released video footage of an officer involved shooting in which the suspect died on the scene Nov. 13.

The footage shows the suspect Rene Calderon, 45, wearing body armor and initiating the gunfire with an automatic rifle.

Detectives returned fire, killing Calderon, the footage shows.

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