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Phoenix police shot and killed a patient at a mental health facility in a Laveen neighborhood early Tuesday morning after the man, who police say was armed with a knife, made suicidal statements and threats toward staff.



The man was hospitalized following the shooting that afternoon. By Tuesday night, Sgt. Brian Bower with Phoenix police said that he died because of his injuries. The name of the man is not being released until family is notified, he said in an emailed statement.



During a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, Bower said officers responded to a call of a patient threatening facility staff near 111th Avenue and College Drive. The man also threatened to jump out of a window and cut himself.



Bower said responding officers tried communicating with the man when he pulled a knife from his pocket and approached the officers inside the house. Officers ordered the man to drop the knife, but the man ignored their commands and continued to approach them, he said.



One of the officers shot the man with a stun gun, but Bower said it proved ineffective as the man continued approaching the officers with the knife. Another officer responded by shooting the man with their handgun. It wasn't immediately clear how many other officers were involved in the call, though Bower confirmed two officers tasered and shot the patient.