Phoenix recently pulled out of settlement talks in a lawsuit brought by a woman who a judge said was wrongly charged in the death of a police officer.

PHOENIX — The suspect in a stabbing that left a student dead at Maryvale High School in west Phoenix is in custody, Phoenix police say. Phoenix police officers responded to a stabbing call at Maryvale High School before 11 a.m.

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,

Police were involved in a deadly shooting early Tuesday morning at a Phoenix restaurant. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. at an IHOP restaurant near 19th and Northern avenues.

A 6th grader at an exclusive Phoenix private school was allegedly stripped in a bathroom by older students. Parents are questioning the school's response and transparency.

Phoenix officers shot Turrell Clay with less-lethal weapons in January. Clay died hours later. The cause of his death is under investigation. Phoenix expanded use of less-lethal weapons in 2021 to help lower shootings.

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.