Police: Officers shoot, kill knife-wielding man at Forgeus Ave. apartments

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Tucson police officers shot and killed a suspect Wednesday morning.

Police said the shooting happened at Las Villas de Kino Apartments, 5515 S. Forgeus Avenue shortly before 2 a.m.

TPD said they responded to reports of a domestic disturbance. They said the man forced his way into a woman's home and was acting erratically while armed with a knife.

He stabbed several objects inside of the apartment. Before he entered the apartment, he had forced his way into a neighbor's apartment and fought with a neighbor.

KGUN9 spoke to the neighbor who wants to stay anonymous because of safety concerns. She said her boyfriend woke up to loud banging on their door around 1:30 a.m.

"He gets up right away, opens the door, and this dude just pushes his way in, pushes his way in and shuts the door behind him. My boyfriend gets really upset, pinned him up against the wall, you know, just as a reflex," said the neighbor.

The neighbor said they were able to get him out of their apartment.

"We try and go back to bed, and then like I want to say maybe 5-10 minutes afterwards, we hear gunshots," said the neighbor.

TPD said the officers found the man in front of the victim's apartment and told him to drop the knife, but he ignored them and kept the knife when officers hit him with beanbags. He tried to go back into the apartment — where the woman was still hiding — and officers shot and killed him.

The Pima Regional Critical Incident Team (PRCIT) was activated and responded to the scene. It will conduct the investigation.

TPD's Office of Professional Standards is conducting an internal investigation.

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