AP Arizona

Police used shields to rescue baby during Phoenix standoff

Published February 12, 2022 12:08 PM

By PAUL DAVENPORT
Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police have released more information about what transpired during an incident that resulted in the death of a suspect and a woman believed to be his ex-girlfriend. A police statement said SWAT officers used ballistic shields as they rescued a baby girl during a standoff. That was after the gunman earlier ambushed one officer, who was seriously wounded, and then shooting and less seriously wounding four other patrol officer as they tried unsuccessfully to take the baby to safety. Police say the woman who died at a hospital after being found critically wounded in the home after the standoff ended has been identified as 29-year-old Shatifah Lobley, of Phoenix.

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