MCAO: Phoenix officer who shot, killed wrong man in January will not be charged

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced Thursday her office will not charge the Phoenix police officer who shot and killed a homeowner who had disarmed a gunman in January.

36-year-old Christian Diaz Rendon died January 26th after his family and neighbors called Phoenix police to the neighborhood near 75th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road, as someone who didn’t live in the neighborhood was shooting and eventually making his way inside Rendon’s home.

“We don’t know who it is. Somebody’s at our house, and they are shooting at us.” One caller stated. “We have kids here. They shot my brother in his ankle.”…

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