Two officer-involved shootings over the weekend and another one on Tuesday have added to Maricopa County's total which has already surpassed the 2017 total.
There's been 47 officer-involved shootings in Arizona's largest county in the first six months of 2018. The 2017 total was 43.
Phoenix police have been involved in a majority of those shootings, putting Maricopa County ahead of Los Angeles County when it comes to police shootings this year. The population of Los Angeles County is two-and-a-half times larger than Maricopa County's.
The two shootings over the weekend happened Saturday, one in Phoenix and the other in Mesa.
A Phoenix police officer shot and killed 48-year-old Ronald Barney near 35th Avenue and Dunlap Saturday after he pointed a gun at officers.
Later that same day, a Mesa police officer fatally shot a man after he raised a pistol-like BB gun at officers.
Mesa police were involved in another shooting Tuesday.
12 News verified last week that there are areas in the Valley where officer-involved shootings have occurred more frequently this year, like between 24th Street and SR-51 from Camelback Road to McDowell Road, and surrounding downtown Mesa.
According to Team 12's Williams Pitts, a majority of these clusters, while not always the case, seem to be in lower-income areas.
An analysis of each of these 47 shootings showed the outcomes have varied, with the most common result being an officer fired and somebody died. Police shootings where an officer was injured or killed have been much more rare the data showed.
Speaking to Team 12's Brahm Resnik back in April, Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said the already sharp rise in police shootings this year were the result of suspects "actively being aggressive towards our officers."
A Phoenix City Council subcommittee recommended last week that nearly $150,000 be used for an study into the increase in officer-involved shootings this year. The study is expected to go up for approval by the full City Council by the end of June.