Bodycam Footage Of Phoenix Police Shooting Man With Machete

* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Phoenix, Arizona — The Phoenix Police department released body-camera footage of an officer involved shooting that occurred on May 1, 2022, just after 12:00 p.m., in the roadway to the south of 19th Avenue and Southern Avenue. Officers from the South Mountain Precinct were in the parking lot of a gas station near 19th Avenue and Southern Avenue working through an unrelated matter when they were notified of a man with a machete in an open field to the south. Officers contacted the man and gave him commands to drop the machete as he walked eastbound in the field towards 19th Avenue. Officers continued to order the man to drop the machete while following him as he walked southbound in the roadway of 19th Avenue. The man was shouting in Spanish. Due to the language barrier, officers were unable to understand what he was saying. There were vehicles driving by on 19th Avenue and pedestrians walking on the nearby sidew