Man shot after Phoenix police mistook him for a suspect
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All of this boils down to a case of mistaken identity. We still don’t know the name of the man involved or why police say he tried to run and eventually pulled out a pellet gun before officers shot him.
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All of this boils down to a case of mistaken identity. We still don’t know the name of the man involved or why police say he tried to run and eventually pulled out a pellet gun before officers shot him.