On March 13, two Phoenix police officers shot and killed 40-year-old Jason Anthony Arrieta after his wife called the police on him for domestic violence.
The Phoenix Police Department released its “critical incident briefing” last week on Arrieta’s death. The briefing is made up of a video and an accompanying write-up, and includes audio from a 911 call and footage from three out of the four officers’ body-worn cameras. The department releases the briefing approximately two weeks after an in-custody death, including fatal officer-involved shootings.
Phoenix New Times received longer versions of the 911 call audio and body-cam footage through a public records request. The nearly six-minute-long audio file and approximately 45 minutes of accompanying footage paint a fuller picture of what happened at the apartment complex near 3500 W. Osborn Road that day…