On the night of June 26, three Phoenix police officers shot and killed 22-year-old Xavier Alexander Aguirre. The Phoenix Police Department said the officers killed him while responding to a 911 call about him fighting with his brother and then pulling a knife on his mom’s boyfriend.
On Friday, the Phoenix Police Department released its “critical incident briefing” on the shooting. The briefing consists of a video and an accompanying write-up, and includes 911 call audio, a photo of the knife and footage from three officers’ body-worn cameras. The department releases the briefings approximately two weeks after a critical incident, which includes a fatal shooting by an officer.
Phoenix New Times received longer versions of the body-cam footage and 911 call through a public records request. The nearly 35 minutes of footage and three-minute-long 911 call paint a fuller picture of what happened outside the house near 3500 W. Greenway Road that night…