‘SENSELESS’

Woman Shot in Phoenix During Ambush of Police Succumbs to Her Injuries

A woman who was shot, sparking an ambush of police in Phoenix, has died from her injuries.

A woman who was shot in Phoenix, in an incident that resulted in nine police officers being injured, has died. The shooting spree started around 2:15 a.m. Friday morning as an officer responded to the woman being shot before he was ambushed by a suspect. While he was able to get to safety as backup arrived, four other responding officers were also shot. Another four were hit by shrapnel or ricocheting bullets, Williams said. Four officers were in stable condition at a hospital while the woman, initially reported as “extremely critical,” died. The baby girl—who was placed outside during the shooting by another man, believed to be the baby's father—was unharmed. The suspect, who barricaded himself in the home, was found dead inside. “If I seem upset, I am. This is senseless,” Police Chief Jeri Williams said at a Friday press conference, according to the Associated Press. “It does not need to happen and it continues to happen over and over again.”