5-year-old girl has pneumonia. Befriends a convict with kidney failure. Donates her kidney to him. Then dies. The convict gets her kidney and walks free. Her grandpa's ghost takes her to heaven. 7.1 on IMDb. The nurse broke HIPAA. I'm still crying. ๐
๐จPhoenix Police Department - Critical Incident Summary.
Location: Glendale Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. On October 20, 2024, at approximately 8:00 p.m., Phoenix Police Dept officers responded to a reported trespassing call at the Dollar Tree. A store employee contacted 9-1-1 to report that a male subject, later identified as Essex Jackson, age 31, appeared to be in an impaired state, was in possession of a large knife, and was causing distress among customers present in the store.
Two officers were dispatched and arrived on scene. Store personnel directed the responding officers - identified as Officer Ryan Small (Badge #10272) and a second female officer, upon officers' attempt to place him in handcuffs, Jackson actively resisted arrest, initiating a violent physical altercation. Both officers deployed their Tasers on multiple occasions during the struggle; the deployments produced minimal effect on the subject. During the course of the altercation, a Taser device was dislodged and fell to the ground. Jackson gained control of the dropped Taser, directed it at the officers, and discharged it, delivering electrical current to both officers and temporarily incapacitating them. Faced with an imminent threat to their lives, Officer Small discharged his duty firearm, striking Jackson multiple times. Bodycam footage captured audible evidence consistent with approximately six rounds fired.
Phoenix Fire Department 75 personnel arrived on scene and assumed medical care; however, Essex Jackson was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene. A fixed-blade knife, consistent with the description provided in the initial 9-1-1 call, was recovered in the vicinity of the subject.
Both responding officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the physical struggle and Taser discharge and were transported to a medical facility for evaluation and treatment before being released.
The Phoenix Police Department's Professional Standards Bureau initiated an internal administrative review of the incident. A parallel criminal investigation was referred to and undertaken by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.