Phoenix police bodycam shows officers shooting woman in car

The woman was shot on May 22. Phoenix police say they later determined that she had a butane lighter in the shape of a handgun.
The video released by police, which contains snippets of edited body camera footage as well as audio from the 911 call, shows a woman sitting in the driver's seat of a sedan vehicle with a dog in the backseat while an officer knocks and then pounds on her window and tells her to put her vehicle in park. The woman does not comply, reverses her car and drives off from the parking lot.

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[Chuck-mmyp]

She got lucky that these officers were horrible shooters 🚨

[LD-jvvq]

That she survived such stupidity is absolutely beyond comprehension.

[joepeanut]

Person's been shot 10 times, Cop yelling " GET OUT OF THE CAR WITH YOUR HANDS UP NOW!! She's not complying. Ok let's finish her off.

[LionSynEscanor]

Wow. The crossfire and no fatal shot is beyond comprehension with the amount of shots fired

[leetupper]

That whole stop, from beginning to end, was a perfect example of organized confusion.

[qbzfbqp]

After all that gunfire, I'm shocked she wasn't killed

[homiedclown]

You have to wonder how these people even made it this far in life

[MadAnthonyI]

How do you shoot at somebody 2 dozen times and expect them to crawl out the window?

[bagpipes]

I pray the poor innocent doggie is okay. People suck!!

[geoh]

If she ultimately survived her encounter with the Phoenix Police, she was extremely fortunate.

[georgspence]

Don’t bring a butane lighter to a gunfight. I’m shocked she survived with that many rounds fired at her.

[kamilegier]

This looks like a reenactment of the Bonnie and Clyde ambush

[bryansimmons]

All those shots and she was still able to crawl out of the window.
Phoenix PD needs a lot more range time.

[Evl_]

HOLY HELL THE CROSS FIRE. Also only 1 officer needs to be giving commands. 5 people yelling for her to do something the other 4 are saying something else. WHY would you own anything that looks like a firearm that is NOT an firearm?

[keithjackson]

The crossfire situation is horrendous! I think these guys and girls may need some training in avoiding this?

[mikelaroque]

I hope that dog is ok and with a good family.

[thatscrazy]

That shotgun was mighty close to his partner. Can’t be trigger happy

[Hearmeout]

When did it become a crime to be asleep in your car ? Somebody's in trouble and it sure ain't that woman !

[jedidiahsojourner]

Looks like they had several chances to block her in. But then again when did common sense have much to do with police work?

[LukaDonesnitch]

They tried to take her head off and *STILL FAILED*