Late morning on Sept. 8, two people called 911 to report a man had stolen a phone at gunpoint and fired several rounds at one of the caller’s feet. Around noon that day, officers tracked the suspect, identifed as 32-year-old Ote-Tee Brooks Nalwood, in a black Toyota Camry in west Phoenix.
After a tense, 11-minute standoff that featured multiple police vehicles and dozens of personnel, three officers unloaded two bursts of fatal gunfire at Nalwood, who allegedy pointed a handgun at them. Nalwood, who later was pronounced dead at a hospital, was the seventh person killed by Phoenix police this year. Last year, Phoenix officers shot and killed 14 people, an increase from 12 in 2023 and 10 in 2022.
Video of Nalwood’s killing was released Monday as part of a “critical incident briefing”…