BREAKING
BREAKING NEWS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. JAMIE, STAND BY.
WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN JUST A
SECOND.
BUT WE'RE LEARNING THAT POLICE
IN CHANDLER AND IN GILBERT I
BELIEVE THE GILBERT POLICE
OFFICERS, THEY ARE GIVING US AN
UPDATE ON SITUATIONS FAMILY IN
YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND
JUST TAKE A MOMENT JUST TAKE A
MOMENT AND REMEMBER BE MINDFUL
OF THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
ARE OUT THERE DAILY HELPING TO
KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
THANK YOU, CHIEF ARE VERY, VERY
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
HEY, CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH
THIS SCENARIO BECAUSE THERE ARE
A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WE KNOW IT WAS A PURSUIT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE POSSIBLY
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER THE
SPECIFIC DETAILS SO HE'LL BE
ABLE TO GIVE YOU MORE
INFORMATION ON GOOD MORNING.
I'M OFFICER ALLEN EAST, A
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR
THE DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT
THIS MORNING AND OUR COUNTY
SHERIFF DEPUTY WAS INVOLVED IN
IN A PURSUIT LOCATED IN THE
ELOY AREA.
THE DEPUTY CITY VEHICLE WHICH
THEN STARTED TO SHOOT AT THE
DEPUTY AND HE CONTINUED PURSUIT
INTO CHANDLER, THE CITY
OF CHANDLER WHERE THE SUSPECT
DROVE INTO THE AIRPORT AND
BUSTED THROUGH A GATE GOING
INTO THE AIRPORT AND CAUSING
THE AIRPORT TO SHUT DOWN.
THE PURSUIT CONTINUED WITH
MULTIPLE AGENCIES AS A TRIED TO
TAKE THE SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY.
HE WAS EVENTUALLY CAME INTO THE
CHANDLER FROM CHANDLER ONTO THE
FREEWAY AND INTO GILBERT WHERE
WHERE HE CAME INTO A CAR
DEALERSHIP AND AFTER AFTER
BAILING FROM HIS VEHICLE GOING
INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND
STEALING A VEHICLE AND IN THE
PROCESS OF STRIKING TWO
OFFICERS ONE CHRISTOPHER FOUR
AND ANOTHER WERE POLICE
OFFICERS AS WELL ON HE WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ALONG WITH
THE WITH THE SUSPECT BEING
INJURED, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND
THE OFFICER SEVEN OFFICERS
ENGAGED IN A GUN FIRE IN THE AS
A RESULT OF THE TAKING INTO
CUSTODY AND THEN HE THEY THEY
BASICALLY WENT BACK AND ENDED
UP TAKING THE TAKING HIM INTO
CUSTODY AND ALL THE OFFICERS
AND A AN EMPLOYEE OF THE OF THE
CAMPAIGN WAS WAS ALSO INJURED.
THEY WERE ALL TAKEN INTO INTO A
HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT WHERE
OUR OFFICER IS CURRENTLY IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
SO AT THIS TIME THIS IS AN
ACTIVE INVESTIGATION AND
OBVIOUSLY INVOLVES MANY
AGENCIES IN OUR COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE COUNTY POLICE
DEPARTMENT POLICE AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AS
WELL.
SO IT'S IT'S AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION AND WE APPRECIATE
YOUR PATIENCE AND WILLINGNESS
TO YOUR PATIENTS FOR THE
STATEMENTS TO BE PUT OUT.
SO SIR, OFFICER FERAR HAS
PASSED AWAY.
YOU SAID THERE WAS A SECOND
OFFICER THAT WAS INVOLVED AND
YOU SAID THAT HE IS IN THE
HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
IS THAT CORRECT?
WHAT AGENCY IS HE WITH AND
GILBERT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OK, INJURIES WE DON'T HAVE THAT
INFORMATION SINCE IT'S SO
ONGOING INVESTIGATION WE CAN'T
RELEASE.
CAN YOU CAN YOU TELL US A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
SUSPECT, WHAT HE WAS WANTED FOR
AND DON'T WE DON'T HAVE THAT
INFORMATION READILY SO WE CAN
KEEP YOU UPDATED AS TIME GOES
ON AND I'LL FILL WITH ANYONE
ELSE IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE
SUSPECT WHO WAS HE BY HIMSELF?
WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION
AS WELL.
BUT IF WE RELEASE WHAT WE HAVE
LATER ON, DO YOU HAVE A
TIMELINE OF EXACTLY WHEN THIS
HAPPENED AS FAR AS WHEN IT
STARTED?
I KNOW YOU SAID IT STARTED
AROUND ELUAY BUT WHEN DID IT
END HERE?
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS THE
TIME FOR THAT SO I'M NOT ABLE
TO RELEASE THAT DURING THE
PURSUIT THAT THE FINAL COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICER WAS SHOT AT
LEAST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PURSUIT AS WELL OR JUST IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PURSUIT?
WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT CLEAR
OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE NOT
GOING TO RELEASE THAT AS WELL.
SO ANYWAY, THANK FOR YOUR
QUESTION.
STAY TUNED FOR COMING OUT IF
ANYONE ELSE YOU AND AND JUST
GOT AN UPDATE FROM SECRETARY
JUST YET TO COME.
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING INTO
THE GILBERT POLICE PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER WHO'S BEEN
UPDATING US ON THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION THIS MORNING.
WE DO KNOW THAT ONE OFFICER HAS
DIED IN THIS SITUATION THAT
STARTED AS A PURSUIT OUT IN
ELOY ENDED UP TRAVELING FROM
THAT AREA CHANDLER TO GILBERT
AND HERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT CAME
OFFICIALLY AND FROM CHANDLER
POLICE SAYING IT IS WITH HEAVY
HEARTS.
WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING
OF CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER
CHRISTOPHER FERAR.
OFFICER FARAR WAS STRUCK AND
KILLED BY A SUSPECT DRIVING A
STOLEN VEHICLE EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
HE WAS AN 18 YEAR VETERAN
OF THE CHANDLER POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT A GILBERT
POLICE OFFICER IS IN THE
HOSPITAL AT THIS POINT IN
CRITICAL CONDITIONS AND WE'RE
ALSO FOLLOWING THAT SUSPECT IS
IN CUSTODY AND THE ROAD THERE
THE HIGHWAY A FREEWAY TO GO TO
SANTANA IS SHUT DOWN THERE AT
VALLEY VISTA.
YOU RECOGNIZE THE AREA THAT
THAT IS WHERE THE SANTANA FORD
AND ALL THOSE OTHER CAR
DEALERSHIPS IN THAT AREA ARE.
IF YOU GET RIGHT THERE.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE SEE THE
SANTANA MOTOR AREA THAT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IN THAT
VIDEO THAT SUSPECTS WHO THEY'RE
NOT RELEASING ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT AT THIS POINT SHOT AT
THOSE TWO OFFICERS, CHRISTOPHER
FERAR WITH CHANDLER, HE HAS
PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT
OF THOSE INJURIES.
THE OTHER OFFICER FROM GILBERT
IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THIS
POINT WE DO KNOW THAT DPS
MICHAEL PINAL COUNTY GILBERT
POLICE AND CHANDLER POLICE,
THEY'RE ALL WORKING THIS AS
WELL AS POSSIBLY OTHER
AGENCIES.
SO A LOT OF INFORMATION COMING
IN RIGHT NOW BUT THAT IS JUST
TRAGIC NEWS THAT WE'RE DEALING
WITH AT THE SANTANA METROPLEX
AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT AN
EMPLOYEE AT THE SANTA AND FORD
DEALERSHIP WAS ALSO INJURED
WHEN THIS ALL WENT DOWN
SOMEWHERE IN THE PROCESS WHEN
THEY GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE
SUSPECT BAILED FROM THE CAR,
STOLE ANOTHER CAR.
GUNFIRE ERUPTED AND AT ONE
POINT HE STRUCK ONE OF THE
OFFICERS WITH THAT STOLEN CAR
IS WHAT THEY BELIEVE HAPPENED,
WHICH IS HOW OFFICER FERAR
DIED.
THE OTHER OFFICER WAS ALSO
AGAIN INJURED IN CRITICAL
CONDITION, HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT
HOW THAT DEALERSHIP EMPLOYEE IS
DOING.
AGAIN, A LOT OF DETAILS JUST
COMING IN.
THIS WHOLE THING STARTED LAST
NIGHT INTO THE EARLY HOURS
OF THIS MORNING.
SO WE'RE STILL GETTING NEW
INFORMATION AND SO STICK WITH
US ALSO ON THE APPLE HAVE YOUR
LATEST INFORMATION.