Phoenix Shootings — Police have released chilling video of gunman who fatally shot two people and wounded five others—including two officers—before taking his own life.
The Phoenix Police Department on Friday posted a YouTube video that includes surveillance footage capturing the Aug. 29 shooting.
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The video shows the shooter, later identified as 24-year-old Isaiah Williams, leaving a motel room in tactical gear and holding a semi-automatic rifle.
A camera from the motel parking lot shows him randomly firing at parked cars before shooting at a car pulling in. The video shows three people flee the car for a nearby gas station. Police say a man and a woman in the car were killed.
The footage also shows the gunman throw a Molotov cocktail at the window of a restaurant. But it did not ignite.
Authorities say Isaiah Williams opened fire on responding officers and their patrol cars. One officer was struck in the shoulder. A second was hit by shrapnel in several places
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KPNX reported that they were expected to recover.
Williams was found in the parking lot with a single gunshot wound to the head. It appeared self-inflicted.Investigators have not determined a motive.
Phoenix shooting video
The incident was one of 473 mass shootings tallied this year by the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, which defines the shootings as those with four or more victims of gun violence.
Last year saw a record 671 mass shootings, according to the archive, more than double the number recorded in 2014, the first year available in the group’s data.
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