Hello, I'm Detective John Dryer with the Mesa Police Department's media relations unit. This critical incident community briefing is intended to provide you with information about an officer involved shooting that occurred 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 August 10th, 2025, just after 4 p.m., a man called 911 to report another man broke into an apartment, armed himself with a knife, and was threatening a woman. >> 911. What is your emergency? >> Hi. Um, I had someone broke into this apartment and he has a knife and he's threatening my my my kids' mothers. >> Okay. And he's there right now? >> Yes, he's in the house and he has a knife in his hand. >> Okay. What's the address there? The caller was inside the apartment at the time and the caller stayed on the phone with 911. He said that the woman and him were being attacked by the suspect. The caller said the suspect left in a blue truck. >> What unit are you guys in? >> Uh unit. >> Okay. >> We have officer get away. Okay. >> Yeah. He grabbed a knife out of the out of the drawer and get off of her. >> Okay. >> Get the [ __ ] off of you guys on the way. We have >> I need you guys to hurry up. >> Sir, we have them on the way. None of this is going to delay anything. Okay. >> He drives a blue Toyota uh Tacoma. >> Perfect. Okay. Do you know the license plate? >> Officers responded to the apartment complex located near the 600 block of South Country Club Drive where they located the suspect in the blue truck. As officers got out of their patrol vehicles, the suspect put the truck in reverse and drove out of the apartment complex at a high rate of speed. Officers immediately pursued the truck. Here is body warn camera footage showing when the officers first arrived. >> There's the truck. >> 68. We're going to be pursue. He's reversing away from us. Blue Tacoma lifted large wheels. That's Tacoma on the With assistance from the Realtime Crime Center, officers pursued the truck through multiple Mesa City streets and parking lots. As the truck turned onto the westbound US60 on-ramp at Alma School Road, an officer attempted a pit maneuver to stop the truck, but it was unsuccessful. >> Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. The suspect continued to drive the truck down the embankment and stopped next to a concrete barrier. The suspect got out of the truck and ran southbound across both west and eastbound travel lanes of the US60, ignoring officer's directions to stop. One officer attempted to tase the suspect, but it was unsuccessful. Here is bodywn camera footage showing the officer attempting to tase the suspect. The suspect refused to listen to officers and turned toward them while reaching into his waistband. He raised a black object and stated, "I have a gun." This is when the officer involved shooting occurred. Here's body warn camera video of the officer who shot the suspect. Let me see your [ __ ] hand. Here [Music] is bodywn camera footage from another officer at a different angle. Here is an overall view of the incident. The suspect was struck by gunfire and transported to the hospital where he was treated for non-lifethreatening injuries. No officers were injured as a result of this incident. This officer involved shooting is being investigated by the Gilbert Police Department as part of the East Valley Critical Incident Response Team. Eevee includes members from the Apache Junction, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, and Tempe police departments. 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.