MESA, AZ — A Mesa police officer was hospitalized, and another person is dead after a shooting incident involving officers early Wednesday morning.
According to officials with the Mesa Police Department, the incident occurred near Sossaman and Ray roads around 2 a.m.
Officials say they were first called to the area to investigate reports of a man who appeared to be intoxicated and trespassing on a property.
Police located the man in the area, who reportedly refused to comply with officers and fled the scene.
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Officers used a vehicle grappler to stop the vehicle, but the driver continued to attempt to get away, officials say.
Officers reportedly used less-lethal methods to stop the man, and the man fired multiple shots from his vehicle and toward officers, striking one of them.
The injured officer has since been released from the hospital.
Police say that as the situation continued, they heard a gunshot from inside the vehicle, and located the driver dead inside.
Traffic restrictions and area road closures are expected to be in place throughout the morning on Wednesday as the investigation continues.
Authorities say the man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He has only been identified as a 34-year-old Cameron Oberlin.
Mesa police say the property that Cameron was trespassing on was private property that is adjacent to airport property. The caller was a uniformed security guard for the property and had already asked Cameron to leave before calling for police.
Gilbert Police Department is taking over the investigation, officials say, per usual protocol.
This is the first of two shootings involving law enforcement on Wednesday morning. Another shooting involving federal officials reportedly left one person injured along I-17 in north Phoenix.
