PHOENIX — A man was injured in a shooting involving an Avondale Police officer in Litchfield Park, Thursday afternoon.
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At about 1:35 p.m., Avondale patrol officers arrived at a residence in the area of Acacia Circle and Villa Nueva Drive to “fulfill an authorized court order.”
When officers went into the house, they encountered a 30-year-old man in possession of a firearm.
“From there, an officer-involved shooting occurred and the adult male suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound”, said Avondale Police Officer Daniel Benavidez at a press conference later in the day.
The man was transported to a hospital for treatment.
Benavidez added that one officer fired his weapon and that other officers were on scene, but couldn’t give details on how many times the man was shot.
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Goodyear police have been assigned to investigate the incident.
No officers were injured in the shooting and there’s no threat to the community, police said.
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