Phoenix Police Department Press Release Re: Edward Brown Officer-Involved Shooting
Date/Time: February 13, 2024, at about 6:47 a.m.
Incident: 2024-217589
Location: 1900 West Berridge Lane
Suspect: Edward Brown, 35-year-old, Booked MCSO G078977
Officer: Officer Jon McAlpine, #8637
Officer: Officer Rex Stuart, #7133
UPDATE: February 17, 2024
On February 15, 2024, at 4:22 p.m., Detectives booked 35-year-old Edward Brown into Maricopa County Jail for a number of felony charges stemming from the Officer Involved Shooting that happened on February 13, 2024. After his release from the hospital, Brown was processed at Police Headquarters and later booked into jail under booking number G078977.
Sergeant Brian Bower
Public Affairs Bureau
Officer Involved Shooting
(February 13, 2024) Phoenix Police detectives are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened this morning at about 6:47 a.m.
Officers responded to an unknown trouble call at about 6:30 a.m., on February 13, 2024, with details saying a man was holding a woman against her will at gunpoint at an apartment near 19th Avenue and Berridge Lane. When officers got to the area, they surrounded the apartment and began to call out individuals from inside the apartment.
While officers were giving commands, a man inside the apartment fired a handgun at officers from the backyard window. An officer returned fire. The man was then seen leaving the apartment and jumping over a block wall into the ally. Officers gave commands as the man ran down the alley. It was at this time a different officer fired his duty weapon stopping the man’s actions.
Officers provided medical care until the Phoenix Fire Department took over and drove him to the hospital. The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries and will be booked into jail upon his release from the hospital. No officers or community members were injured by gunfire. Detectives recovered the handgun used by the man on scene.
Sergeant Brian Bower
Public Affairs Bureau