Body camera video released Thursday of the incident where a Phoenix police officer was shot sheds more detail about the suspect. Police said the suspect’s girlfriend told them he was suicidal and had considered suicide by police.
The video at a northeast Phoenix gas station parking lot showed the suspect, Nicholas Cowan, driving up and immediately shooting the Phoenix officer, who was later identified in Phoenix police document as Officer Denise Bruce-Jones. The 24-year Phoenix Police Department veteran at last report was improving but still in the hospital recovering from the gunshot wound.
A clip from the Thursday, April 14, incident includes the other officer on scene, identified in a document only as “Officer Toma,” on the radio discussing what Cowan’s girlfriend had told police. She said her boyfriend was suicidal, had been attempting self-harm and had earlier tried to initiate a confrontation with police.
