In the first two months of 2025, four people were killed by Phoenix police — three of whom were shot and one of whom suffered a heart attack after being hit in the chest with a less-lethal weapon. But in the nearly six months that followed, only two such killings have occurred, a significant dropoff from previous years. Last year, Phoenix police officers shot and killed 14 people, surpassing the death toll of 12 in 2023 and 10 in 2022…
