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Police Shoot Carjacking Suspect After He Shoots Two People in Mall Parking Lot

   04/28/2021  48 Comments on Police Shoot Carjacking Suspect After He Shoots Two People in Mall Parking Lot

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The Phoenix Police Department released a Critical Incident Briefing video related to an officer-involved shooting that happened on December 23, 2019. The incident happened at 11:00 in the morning, two days before Christmas, in a busy shopping mall parking lot near 76th Ave & Thomas. Officers of the Maryvale/Estrella Mountain Precinct responded to multiple calls of a shooting. The first caller was a woman who told dispatchers a man in his late 30s tried to take her car at gun point. She said as she drove away, the man shot her twice. Shortly after this incident, a second woman reported a man, later identified as 38-year-old Richard Ruiz, approached her red pick-up truck. She said Ruiz held her at gun point so she opened the driver side door and ran from her truck. Ruiz jumped into the driver seat, driving slowly around the parking lot. The carjacking victim feared he was coming after her and began screaming.

She moved toward a man who was walking into the nearby shopping center. Ruiz continued searching the parking lot for the woman as she hid between cars. The man rushed toward the business to get help for the woman. As he was entering the business, store surveillance shows Ruiz driving up to the entrance, firing his gun and hitting the man while two women were just a few feet away. At this point, Ruiz drove away and seconds later, the first police officers showed up. The male shooting victim was able to point officers in the direction of Ruiz. Officers followed Ruiz who circled around the parking. Approximately 60 seconds after first shooting the man, Ruiz circled back in front of the store and tried to target him again, while the wounded victim hid behind a concrete pillar for protection.

After this second confrontation with the victim, Ruiz drove off again and those same first responding officers tended to the shooting and carjacking victims. For the safety of the victims, they were placed in the patrol vehicle and taken to a nearby medical center for help. The physical injuries were not life threatening. While the victims were receiving medical assistance, other officers continued to pursue the suspect through the parking lot. During the pursuit an officer utilized his patrol vehicle, ramming the pick-up truck hoping to disable the vehicle. Unfortunately, the vehicle was not affected, and Ruiz continued to drive around. Ruiz finally stopped just south of the business and left through the driver’s side door armed with a gun. Two officers fired their guns and struck Ruiz. Officers approached Ruiz and the weapon was moved away from him.

Officers began life saving measures as they waited for fire personnel. Firefighters pronounced Ruiz dead at the scene. Officers determined that there were three victims during this incident. Two had gunshot wounds including the man seen on the store surveillance video and woman who initially called 911. Their injuries were not life threatening. The third victim was the adult woman held at gun point while the suspect took the red truck. She was not physically injured. The involved officers are from the Maryvale/Estrella Mountain Precinct. The first officer is 29-years-old with 3 years of service and his partner is 40-years-old with 17 years of service. Both shooting officers were wearing body worn cameras (BWC) and they were both activated.

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48 thoughts on “Police Shoot Carjacking Suspect After He Shoots Two People in Mall Parking Lot”

  11. This is minutes from my home…. i see a lot of these shootings from Phoenix or similar. Im about to purchase my very first firearm for myself for defense as i turned 21 this year. Always had rifles and shotguns as a teen and left them with my parents for school. Now i feel i may need to carry just incase i turn into one of these videos. Cant wait for this paycheck to come in.

  15. I’ve been in public safety for almost 7 years. That victim is one of the calmest, and coolest people in distress I have ever heard.

  17. Police department of Pheonix: We need a special order of body cams….
    Body cam manufacturing: Hey great, we'll set you up and we got just the right thing.
    Police department of Pheonix: Before you get all excited, the mic input needs to be shitty. You know, for liberal bashing reasons.

  18. The way the cops drive in the parking lot, multiple of them, chasing the orange truck gives me so many Gordon Ramsay moments. It's like now they're just playing around and not attempting to block the truck.

  21. That was the most informative and calm 911 recording I’ve ever heard, she basically got his age right also.

  27. And with the joke Joe Biden as president our borders are now wide open so more people like this guy can freely come shoot many more innocent people for no reason at all… thanks sleepy Joe… your a joke

  29. The lady was a good one, more women should be like her, especially post sjw, feminism and woke, her confidence and brevity,

  31. Someone else gets shot.

    Lady at scene: *delirious screaming and becomes a meme for every police video.

    She gets shot.

    Lady at scene: "I've been shot. Twice. May name is ______. My husband wasn't involved. He's at work. The suspect is about 37 years old. He's wearing an orange shirt. Temperature is at 19° F. Humidity: 23% Wind: 12 kph NE. The meaning of life is…"

  32. Man… what an awful 911 call to have to make. How calm she sounds is unBELIEVABLE! It's truly remarkable!
    SO GLAD she wasn't killed!
    💪🏻
    🇺🇸

  39. Crazy how the woman sounded so calm when explaining what was going on but when she said “He shot me TWICE” you know she was pissed 😂😂😂

  40. That’s probably the most clear and concise 911 call ever. Good on that lady, she’s obviously very smart and brave

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