Posted on 06/19/2020 1:17:15 PM PDT by Morgana
Phoenix, AZ – A knife-wielding attacker chased a Phoenix police officer around her patrol vehicle while threatening to slice her throat in a store parking lot on Sunday (video below).
The harrowing incident began at approximately 7:45 p.m., when someone called 911 to report that a man armed with a knife was threatening to kill people at the Asiana Market near Union Hills Drive and 43rd Avenue, KTVK reported.
A lone Phoenix officer responded to the scene and intercepted the irate suspect out in the parking lot, cell phone footage showed. Sponsored:
The officer drew her duty weapon and ordered the man to put the knife down as she backed away from him while trying to use her patrol vehicle as a partial barrier.
“Shut up!” the man screamed repeatedly, chasing her around the SUV. “Shut your f–king mouth!”
The violent suspect then threatened to murder the officer, the video showed.
“Shoot me – I’ll kill you,” he told her. “I’ll kill you, you stupid little b—h. I’ll f–king slice your f–king throat!”
The officer again ordered the suspect to put his knife down, but he shoved the blade in her direction and began advancing on her as she backed away across the parking lot, the video showed.
The officer ultimately fired her weapon as her attacker closed in.
“Did she shoot him?” a bystander asked in the video. Sponsored:
“She had to!” another witness responded.
The unnamed 55-year-old suspect remained hospitalized on Tuesday, KNXV reported.
Phoenix Councilman Sal DiCiccio praised the officer for her heroism and restraint.
“Officer did an amazing job,” DiCiccio wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “Watch how many times she circles the car. She risked her own life by not taking the shot much earlier, though she would have been justified in doing so.”
The officer who came under attack has been on the force for one year, he said.
The councilman noted that it takes less than one second for an attacker to close in on a victim from 21 feet away.
“This guy was less than 10 feet away and was a direct threat to her life,” he said, adding that the officer was a “hero [who] protected innocent lives.” Sponsored:
DiCiccio said that law enforcement officers face even greater risks due to anti-police rioters and media outlets.
“Every day our police officers leave for work not knowing if they will return home to their families,” he wrote. “The anti-police crowd from the newspapers and other media are putting officer and public lives in danger. Where is the outrage from the media at all the police deaths in just the past few weeks?”
Former Phoenix Assistant Police Chief Andy Anderson said that the officer handled the situation exactly as she was trained, KTVK reported.
“She was trying very hard to create distance with this individual,” the retired chief said. “She was trying very hard to get this individual to listen to her and calm down, but when he advanced on her in the method that he did, she ran out of options.”
Watch the incident unfold in the video below. Warning – Graphic Content and Obscene Language:
She got lucky.
Yes, quite often. Officers are spread a lot more than most people think. They have bigger areas to cover.
Take you city size or population size and the number of cops in your local department. Take out the administration, detectives, evidence etc., then divide the remaining into three shifts plus specialty units such as K-9 or traffic units and they see what remains on any shift for your city or county size. Guess how many are busy with calls, arrests, transport, and court.
Additionally assume officers have days off, sick days, vacation, and guess what that is. The best part is then look at the area they cover. Figure out how long it takes YOU to get from place to place and realize how thin the blue line is really stretched.
This is why I always support the police, fire and EMS. They really are my heroes.
She was good at walking backwards and not tripping/falling.
That’s how to survive the Tueller drill.
He was way too close. Could have lunged at her even if shot.
Sounds like the guy was going for suicide by cop.
Think about a Country without armed LEO’s.
It’s sad that she did not shoot him sooner - probably because she’s concerned about politicians not having her back.
When seconds count the police are only minutes away. GO OUT THERE ARMED, people
The unnamed 55-year-old suspect remained hospitalized on Tuesday, KNXV reported.
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What a shame the POS isn’t dead.
White man means the shoot away signal is GO!
Could she not have Tasered him first?
Then billy clubbed him?
Maced, Tasered then billy clubbed?
Yes, she should of shot sooner. What I don’t get is that there are a lot of people around and everyone simply wants to record? Nobody can step up and assist? What has become of our societies?
Not with a knife I would think. He was a lethal threat.
Or called a social worker.
Phoenix Councilman Sal DiCiccio praised the officer for her heroism and restraint.
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Praise her for her restraint, of course?
Heroism? Talk about a word being watered down to the point of where it is becoming meaningless.
Sort of like the ‘winners’ trophy for coming in first in the ‘losers bracket’.
Guess it started when the Military started giving out ribbons and medals for finishing boot camp.
Exactly. This was clearly a suicide attempt. So obvious. Many people cannot pull the trigger on themselves, they just can’t do it. So this is the way they go about it.
[Yes, quite often. Officers are spread a lot more than most people think. They have bigger areas to cover.]
https://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Dallas-Texas.html
https://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-New-York-New-York.html
Had the perp been black, and the she a he, he would have been fired within the hour, Riots would breakout as Antifa and BLM commies loot the towns stores burning cop cars the national media would play the tape obsessively pointing out how murderous the racist cop was.
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