BB Gun gets suspect shot for real

This compilation from Mesa, Arizona, includes the 911 call, security camera and bodycam footage of an incident which occurred on 18 September 2025. Officers were called to respond to a female complainant's husband, who was reportedly drunkenly throwing things and moving to and from his vehicle with a handgun. When the officers arrive, he points it at them and is shot. However, ex post facto, the weapon the suspect had was in fact a realistic-looking BB gun. Viewer discretion is advised. The suspect's wife stated within the 911 call that she believed the weapon to be fake, and that he had made threats that she would become a widow. With the benefit of hindsight and all the facts, this may seem like a very clearly stated indicator for suicide by cop. However, the officers can't take the woman's word that the gun is fake at the risk of their own lives, and have to treat the situation as a potentially deadly one. Therefore, they do what any reasonable and prudent officer would do when a threat points a weapon at them, and drop him. Although aid was rendered on-scene, the suspect, his identity withheld, later died at an area hospital. No other persons were hurt and the weapon was determined to be a BB-firing replica Glock.