Phoenix police were involved in a deadly shooting around 4 a.m. Tuesday morning near 19th and Northern avenues.

A police officer shot and killed a man who was carrying a hatchet outside a Phoenix IHOP restaurant on Tuesday morning.

The shooting happened after police responded to a report of trespassing at the restaurant early Aug. 19, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man is in critical condition after a shooting involving Phoenix police on Tuesday morning. A spokesperson with Phoenix Police says officers were responding to a trespassing call at an IHOP restaurant on Northern Avenue. The caller told dispatch that a man was acting erratically and cutting himself.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A boy is dead after a car hit him while he was walking with his mother in east Phoenix on Monday night. It happened just after 8 p.m. near 36th Street and McDowell Road. When officers got to the scene, the victim was unconscious and in critical condition. He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died.

The report details an interaction with Rebekah Baptiste and her family that occurred in April of 2025. The 10-year-old girl was murdered in July.

Phoenix police said a man ignored repeated commands and came at them with a hatchet before they shot and killed him on Tuesday morning outside an IHOP. This marks the Phoenix Police Department’s sixth officer-involved shooting this year,

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