Police officer shoots, kills man wielding ax outside Valley restaurant

A man died at a hospital after he was shot by a police officer Tuesday morning outside a Phoenix restaurant.

Officers from the Desert Horizon Precinct arrived at about 4:05 a.m. Aug. 19 in response to a trespassing call at the restaurant near 20th and Northern avenues.

Officers learned as they were on their way to the call that the man was cutting himself inside the restaurant with employees and customers inside, according to a Phoenix Police Department release…

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