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Phoenix, Arizona — On August 1, 2023, the Phoenix Police received an emergency call of a subject waving a gun in a north Phoenix neighborhood near 35th Avenue and Bell Road. The caller indicated a male was on a residential street waiving a gun wearing a white shirt and gray pants. Additional information was learned that the 21-year-old suspect had also been intimidating neighbors with the gun and may have been the subject of an emergency 911 call the day before for similar activity. As the officers drove to the area, they learned that the suspect was accompanied by another man.When the first two officers arrived, they saw the two men sitting on a short landscaping wall. As the marked patrol Tahoe stopped in the road, one of the men began removing a handgun from his waist band as he ran in the direction of the passenger officer, who had just gotten out of the Tahoe. The man continued to run in the direction of the officer while holding the handgun. It was at this time the officer involved shooting took place. Following the shooting, officers rendered aid to the man before Phoenix Fire personnel took him to the hospital where he was treated for serious injuries. The handgun the man was holding was recovered by patrol officers and placed in a patrol Tahoe for safe keeping. The second man involved in the situation was taken into custody without incident and found to be in possession of a handgun. The wounded suspect has not yet been identified.