2 Phoenix Police officers hurt in fight with suspect before shooting and killing him, department says

Man killed in Phoenix Dollar Tree shooting identified

A man allegedly armed with a knife who was shot and killed by Phoenix Police at a Dollar Tree store near 37th and Glendale Avenues has been identified.

PHOENIX - Two Phoenix Police officers were injured while in a physical fight with a suspect who was eventually shot and killed on Sunday night.

The Oct. 20 incident happened near 37th and Glendale avenues around 8:15 p.m. Crime scene tape surrounded the Dollar Tree as investigators were in and out of the store collecting evidence.

Phoenix Police Sgt. Phil Krynsky says officers responded to reports of a man armed with a knife who was trespassing inside the business. When they got there, an employee showed the officers where the man was, and that's when he allegedly ran to the store's storage area and jumped on top of a cooler.

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He then jumped down and that's when a fight broke out between the suspect and two officers. The suspect allegedly grabbed one of the officer's stun guns and pointed it at one of the officers. That's when the shooting broke out.

The officers were taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries they got from the fight, Sgt. Krynsky said. As for the suspect, he was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as 31-year-old Essex Jackson.

No further information was made available.