Phoenix Police Officer Fatally Shoots Armed Man Holding His Baby
The Phoenix police department has released a video of an officer who fatally shot an armed man holding his baby hostage — the baby was not injured during the incident.
The incident occurred on January 9 as police responded to a call about a man, identified as 37-year-old Paul Bolden, wrestling with a woman, identified as his wife, over his baby in a parking lot. Witnesses say Bolden was firing a gun at people (bystanders suffered only minor injuries) and holding the toddler hostage. In another 911 call, a woman had reported her husband had taken her baby and was shooting a gun.
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Upon police arrival, they saw Bolden wielding a gun while holding the baby. Officers immediately demanded he drop the weapon. He refused and then turned the gun on the baby. That’s when an officer, who’d been with the department for four years, shot and disabled him. An officer then brought the baby to safety as others cuffed the suspect. Bolden was transported to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.