Hello, I'm Detective Richard Helis with the Mesa Police Department's media relation unit. This critical incident community briefing is intended to provide you with information about an officer involved shooting that happened in Mesa. We will share information related to this case to help you understand details based on the present facts. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The images and language in this video may be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. On June 12th, 2025, just before 5:00 p.m., the Mesa Police Department Realtime Crime Center alerted officers of a stolen vehicle near Power Road and University that had previously fled from officers. The Mesa Police Department air unit saw the truck traveling south on Power Road and continued to watch overhead as detectives in unmarked vehicles responded to the area. Away southbound on tower over to uh shoot three. All right, stop in the uh shoot three number six in the stack. The stolen vehicle continued to travel east on Broadway towards 72nd Place where officers made the decision to use a grappler device as an attempt to stop the truck. I got your cover. Northbound 72nd place. 214. Oh, un bad grapple. Bad grapple. The grapple was not successful and the suspect vehicle drove into a residential culde-sac where it abruptly made a U-turn, left the roadway, drove through a residential yard, and faced head-on with responding officers. The truck continued to drive towards officers and crash into the side of an occupied police vehicle. This is when the officer involved shooting occurred. Culac guys, he's turning around. All right, off road through the front yard. Ramming PD vehicles. 998 998. Here's a body warn camera footage showing when the shooting took place. Let's get out of the car. Hey, put your hands up. Put your hands up. X-ray 96 998. All right. Hey, bring it back. Bring it back. Did you see? Yeah, I saw. Yes. Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. Get down. Get down. Here. Watch out. Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. Heads up. Hands up. Heads up. The stolen truck was occupied by two 17-year-old suspects who did not immediately respond to officer's directions to exit the stolen vehicle. So, a diversionary device was deployed and several rounds from less lethal pepper ball launcher were fired to gain compliance. Heads off. Get your hands up now. Hey, go the bank. Somebody toss the bang. Hey, do the bang. Somebody toss a bang. Hold this. Hold on. Hold on. Hey, stand by. This guy's not We're going to throw a bang real quick. Get him to comply. Stand by. Go with Bang. Go with Bang. [Music] Additional video from the Mesa Police Department's air unit shows the two 17-year-old juvenile suspects being taken into custody. Neither the driver nor the passenger were shot during the incident, but the driver did sustain minor non-life-threatening injuries from the collision with the police vehicle. There were no officers injuries. Thank you. 24 traffic air unit. Can you go a little higher so they can hear our commands, please? Keep coming. Leave your shoe. Just keep walking backwards. Keep walking backwards. Side step to your right. Side step to your right. Keep coming back. Walk back. Walk back. Side step to your right. Side step to your right. Step to your right. Back. Keep coming back. Stop looking back at us. I step to your right. I step to your right. [Music] Sam 69. We got a second detained. We're going to call out to the car now. This officer involved shooting is being investigated by the Tempe Police Department as part of the East Valley critical incident response team. EVSert includes members from Apache Junction, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, and the Tempe Police Department. EVsert will provide greater transparency and accountability because agencies involved in the critical force incident will not be directly involved in the criminal investigation. Thank you for taking the time to watch this critical incident community briefing.