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(NSFW) Officers Force to Shoot Man With Samurai Sword
Published 2 years ago
The Phoenix Police Department has released the body worn camera footage from an officer involved shooting that took place on September 10, 2022 involving a man armed with a samurai sword.
Officers from the Phoenix Police Department were dispatched near their own station on September 10th after several 9-1-1 calls came in about about a man wielding a samurai sword near the Phoenix police precinct at 39th Avenue and Cactus Road. Once they arrived the suspect, 40-year-old Aaron Baughman, immediately began maneuvering towards the officers while wielding the sword in an aggressive manner.
While the video itself contains no audio due to the delay inherent to the body worn cameras system, the Officers who were involved stated that they made multiple attempts to get Baughman to drop the weapon. He refused to comply with those commands from the officers and instead charged towards one of the officers with his sword prompting the officer to discharge his service weapon to stop the threat.
Seconds after the shooting took place, another man pulled up to the scene of the incident and attempted to move towards Baughman. Police detained the man. They would later find out that it was Baughman's father.
Baughman was transported to a nearby medical facility where he was pronounced deceased.
