PHOENIX — Phoenix police officers shot a man at a Tufesa bus station early Wednesday morning, the city's police department said. The man is now hospitalized in stable condition.
The shooting happened near the intersection of 27th Avenue and McDowell Road, officers said. Officers were called to the scene after a bus station worker said the man, who has yet to be identified by police, was "acting erratically."
A responding officer was attacked by the man at the scene, the department said. The officer allegedly tried to use their taser on the man, but the officer lost control of the taser.
Wednesday afternoon police released the following description of the events that led up to the shooting:
"The officer attempted to place the suspect in custody and the suspect forcefully turned around and kicked at the officer which caused the officer to lose control of this Taser. The suspect quickly got up and continued to violently attack the officer. The officer discharged his firearm, striking the suspect."
Police do not know why the man was acting erratically or why he was at the business.
No officers were injured in the shooting.
"[Interim department chief Michael Sullivan] was out here a majority of the morning but he just left," a public information officer told 12News. "This is something that he knows and is taking very seriously."
Sullivan did not talk to 12News during his time at the scene.
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