Police shoot armed suspect outside of Hacienda Healthcare in Phoenix
PHOENIX AZ March 13 2019 Police say a suspect is in custody and no officers are injured following a shooting outside of Hacienda Healthcare in Phoenix.
According to the Phoenix Police Department, the shooting happened early Monday morning outside of the healthcare facility near 14th Street and Baseline Road.
The shooting involves an off-duty Florence Police Department Officer who was working security for Hacienda Healthcare.
According to a spokesperson with Hacienda Healthcare, the former spouse of an employee at the facility showed up armed with a weapon.
Update: Hacienda officials say ex-husband of a caregiver was shot in parking lot of the ICF by off duty officer. Police say he had a gun, threatened his ex-wife. She is ok, no patients hurt, gunman didn’t enter facility. Her family picked her up from scene
The suspect did not enter the facility and was shot by the off-duty officer in the parking lot.
Phoenix police say the suspect is in extremely critical condition.
The off-duty officer who shot the suspect has been employed with the Florence Police Department since 2011.
Hacienda Healthcare says surveillance video of the incident will be handed over to Phoenix police.
The embattled long-term healthcare facility is now under state supervision after an incapacitated woman was raped and later gave birth late last year.
AP Wire