Scottsdale Police shoot, kill alleged armed suspect; bodycam video released

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A deadly Scottsdale Police shooting broke out Sunday night after officers responded to a domestic violence call, the police department said.

According to police, officers responded just before 6:50 p.m. on April 16 to an area near Cypress Street and Granite Reef Road after a woman called 911 saying that her ex-boyfriend was armed with a gun.

When officers got to the scene, they encountered 26-year-old Isaiah Curtis, who was armed.

"Curtis ignored verbal commands from officers and ended up shooting at police," Scottsdale Police said in a news release. "In response, both officers fired their duty weapons, striking the suspect, who collapsed in the driveway of the residence."

Police and paramedics attempted life-saving procedures on Curtis, but he was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:10 p.m.

No officers were hurt. The department said the two officers involved in the shooting are new to the force – one with about a year of experience, and the other with three years. They were placed on leave pending an internal and criminal investigation, which the department says is standard procedure for all officer-involved shootings.

The scene was right across from Hohokam Elementary School.

A neighbor who was home at the time of the shooting woke up to find bullet holes in the front of his home.

"It's really hard to swallow that my daughter's bedroom has holes underneath the window now," Anthony Pacheco said. "I heard people yelling and what I heard was them trying to yell commands at the guy. When I came out of my house, I saw two police officers just sitting in my street, low rifle ready, yelling at somebody."

Some neighbors are saying the home is used as sober living.

"I directly feel this is from confrontations with the drama that a rehab house might bring in," Pacheco said.

The shooting happened partially on Pacheco's property. Before this, he thought the home next to his was a short-term rental. But after speaking with a man at the home, he got a different answer.

Knocking on the home's door, we were met with, "We're not allowed to talk to the media."

Neighbors who live on this street say this isn't the first time cops have been called to this home. They're wanting answers.

The Arizona Department of Health Services says it cannot confirm or deny it's a sober living home.

Map of the area where the shooting happened: