On the morning of Sept. 6, two Phoenix police officers shot and killed 20-year-old Jonathan Marquez Delgado. The officers killed him while responding to a 911 call from his family member that he had a knife and was going to hurt himself, the Phoenix Police Department said.
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 two 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 approximately 30 minutes of footage and seven-minute-long 911 call paint a fuller picture of what happened in the alley near 1800 West Cheryl Drive that day…