PHOENIX — A Phoenix police officer shot a man carrying a gun on Saturday night, authorities said. Police responded to an unrelated call near 28th and Larkspur drives, north of Cactus Road, around 11:30 p.m. when the suspect began yelling at officers as they were getting back into their vehicles, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

Four people were taken to hospitals after a shooting early Sunday morning near 1st Street and Washington Street in downtown Phoenix.

Phoenix police are investigating the Dec. 22 death of Zachary Hostetler, 36, near 47th Street and Shea Boulevard.

The case was turned over to Phoenix police homicide detectives. Following a postmortem examination, the Office of the Medical Examiner ruled Hostetler’s death a homicide. No suspect information has been released, and the investigation is ongoing.

Phoenix PD responded to a 3-car crash; one car fled, man hospitalized, and a separate incident involved a police SUV collision.

PHOENIX — Police are investigating a shooting in west Phoenix that sent a man to the hospital on Christmas Eve morning. Officers were called to the area of 39th Avenue and Cactus Road just before 8 a.m. Wednesday. They say when they arrived, they found a man who had been shot.

One person is in custody after leading police on a chase that started in the Valley, crossed county lines and ended on reservation land.The chase began around 1 a.m. on Tuesday when Phoenix police officers tried to stop a car in the Maryvale neighborhood.

Phoenix police say they found a 30-year-old woman gunned down and a man who barricaded himself in a home before shooting himself on Dec. 22.