SCOTTSDALE, AZ — One person is dead after a shooting involving Scottsdale police officers.
Around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Scottsdale Police Department announced that a man was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting near Scottsdale and Cactus roads.
Police say officers were following a vehicle reportedly stolen out of Phoenix. Officers attempted to pull the vehicle over and the driver of the vehicle, who was the only individual inside, began shooting. That is when two officers shot the man.
The driver, identified as 52-year-old Laquanza Young, was pronounced dead at the scene.
No officers were injured during this incident.
The area was shut down to traffic into Friday morning pending an investigation.
As an update to the officer-involved shooting that took place last Thursday, we are providing the real-time crime center footage that captured the incident as it unfolded on March 21st. There is no audio on this video.#scottsdale #ScottsdalePD pic.twitter.com/46089LJi5y
— ScottsdalePD (@ScottsdalePD) March 26, 2024
This marks the second deadly shooting in one day involving Valley law enforcement. Early Thursday morning, an armed man was shot and killed by Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies in Mesa.
