Three Queen Creek Police officers fired their weapons in a shooting in the Chandler Heights area that left one man dead on Wednesday.
The Mesa Police Department has identified the dead man as 72-year-old Bradley Bowyer.
The incident is being handled by the Mesa Police Department as part of the East Valley Critical Incident Response Team.
"I am also able to share there were three police officers who fired their firearms," stated Mesa Police Public Information Officer J. Macias in an email.
The man killed was described as “suicidal” and possessing a firearm, according to an early statement from the Queen Creek Police.
At about 1:50 p.m. on Wednesday, QCPD responded to the 22900 block of East Rosa Road for a reported “suicidal man in possession of a firearm,” according to a statement from QCPD. The man was not located in the home.
“He was later located in the vicinity of the 20400 block of Chandler Heights near members of the public. During the contact, an officer-involved shooting occurred, striking the man. Lifesaving measures were performed, and he was pronounced dead on scene. A handgun was located on scene,” the QCPD statement continued.
No officers were injured, and the case remains an active and ongoing investigation.
“A life was lost, and we don’t take that lightly. We remain committed to the safety of our community and our officers,” the QCPD stated.
Last year, eight East Valley police departments from Apache Junction, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Queen Creek, Scottsdale and Tempe formed the East Valley Critical Incident Response Team in an effort to improve transparency in the investigative process following an officer-involved shooting.
When one of the eight departments on the team is involved in a use-of-force incident, the other departments will take on the investigative duties to ensure there is a third-party inquiry.
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Meet Janet Janet Perez joined Independent Newsmedia as editor of the Queen Creek Independent and Florence Independent in 2020. She started her career in 1989 with the Gannett-owned El Paso Times. In 1992, she moved to Tempe and has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio and television. She left Arizona for three years to work at New Mexico State University and Baylor University before returning to work at Arizona State University. Missing the business, she went back to journalism in 2017.
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