Dec 10, 2021 · Whitaker, 40, was shot and killed by Officer Jeff Cooke during a domestic disturbance call at his apartment in May 2020. Ryan Whitaker was shot and killed by Officer Jeff Cooke during a domestic ...
Jul 18, 2020 · Ryan Whitaker had heard a stranger knock on his Ahwatukee apartment door in the middle of the night earlier in May. ... Phoenix Officer Jeff Cooke shot Whitaker in …
Aug 07, 2020 · Facebook Ryan Whitaker. Whitaker, 40, of Ahwatukee, Arizona was shot and killed on May 21, AZ Central reported. He was holding his 9mm handgun in his right hand when he answered the late-night ...
Jul 16, 2020 · Family wants two officers fired, and the one who shot Ryan Whitaker, to have criminal charges against him. PHOENIX - On July 16, the family of a 40-year-old man who died following an officer ...
Ryan Whitaker is an Arizona man who was shot and killed by Phoenix police after a neighbor called in a noise complaint. Bodycam footage showed that he appeared to be kneeling to put down his gun just before he was shot multiple times. Now his family is looking for answers.
During a press conference, Whitaker’s brother Steven Whitaker said about the bodycam footage: “Look at my brother’s face… He immediately takes a defensive position — very submissive — and wanting to give up and put his weapon down… He’s not a threat. Not a threat at all… If he’s a threat to you as a police officer, you need to turn in your weapon and your badge and walk away [because] you are not fit to be a cop in this state — at all.”
Phoenix Police released body camera video of a shooting in May, 2020 that took the life of 40-year-old Ryan Whitaker. (Courtesy: Phoenix Police Department)
During the news conference, members of Whitaker's family say they want both officers fired, and the officer who fired his weapon to be charged with murder.
Family members, and a few hundred demonstrators, stood outside the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. They want charges filed against the officer who shot Whitaker.#N#Four months since the shooting, the case is still in the hands of the county attorney.
Police in Phoenix have released body camera video of shooting in May that took the life of a 40-year-old man.
The family of a person who died following an officer-involved shooting in Ahwatukee is speaking out Friday night.