Man dies in Phoenix officer-involved shooting

Five people, including a little girl, are dead as well as the suspect, a 26-year-old man, according to ABC15. As Crump related, police put on breathing masks and entered the home, only to be shot at by the attacker. Police and firefighters braved bullets and flames as they responded to the fatal shooting and house fire.

In addition, one of the police officers who arrived at the scene had to be hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

Prior to the suicide, however, the gunman evidently set the house on fire and began shooting at police officers and fire fighters who tried to get in to see if they could help the victims.

Crump says a 911 caller from the home described the shooting as a domestic situation. An officer told her to go back inside.

Police Sgt. Trent Crump says the girl died at a hospital Tuesday.

Authorities found the other victims after the fire was extinguished. The gunman reportedly fired at police officers and firefighters as they rushed to the scene. Family dog, Bob, was rescued from north #Phoenix home this morning after fire, 5-person shooting pic.twitter.com/0LlW7nv9BE – Megan Cassidy (@meganrcassidy) February 23, 2016 The shooting victims appeared to have suffered gunshot wounds, but an autopsy will confirm their exact cause of death. Strayhand went outside and said her front yard looked like a movie scene, with lights and noise from several fire engines, SWAT officers and a helicopter. Crump, the Phoenix police spokesman, said the was shocked.

Police said the gun Buckner used to kill his family belonged to his father and had been at the home and is believed to be the only gun in the home.

“May of 2015, we were just celebrating her preschool graduation”, Bustamante said. They found the young man inside a room. “I would visit her at work every once in a while”.

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton issued a statement on the tragedy. “Their professionalism, their heroism under the worst possible conditions has blown me away today as mayor of this city”.