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PHOENIX -- A burglary suspect shot by police has died.

Cody Criner, 27, was shot Wednesday afternoon in southeast Phoenix. He had pointed a weapon at police, who then fired. The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun.

Police were called to a house at 44th Street and Elliot Road after a witness reported a burglary was under way.

Officers surrounded the house and Criner eventually ran out of the house. Officers said he reached for a weapon in his pants and pointed it at them.

Criner had been taken to an area hospital.

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    az83 wrote...
    This officer involved
    January 16, 2013 11:59 pm
    shooting of a bad guy will be counted as gun violence as they do not separate good shootings from bad shootings or suicides. A shooting is a shooting is a shooting.
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    wrote...
    This should be categorized as
    January 17, 2013 11:52 am
    suicide by police. Now, we have to ban pellet guns too.
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    Vete Ya wrote...
    I don't know
    January 17, 2013 2:05 pm
    How bad of a guy Cody was, but it's never a good idea to point any weapon at the police who have their guns drawn, always ends up as a bad day.
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    wrote...
    hurray!!
    January 17, 2013 2:36 pm
    one less criminal on the planet.
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    1redcav wrote...
    At least
    January 17, 2013 5:40 pm
    the legal taxpayers of Maricopa County won't have to pay for 3 hots & a cot for this scumbag....
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    wrote...
    1redcav
    January 17, 2013 7:17 pm
    Right on brother I totally agree...
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    tempe23 wrote...
    Trigger Happy
    January 21, 2013 7:23 pm
    Just another example of how trigger happy the cops in phoenix are. It's really easy for some ignorant people on here to call Cody a scumbag when they have no idea who he was. There is no doubt in my mind that these cops will walk with little to no investigation of what really happened. Makes me embarrassed to live in AZ.
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    tempe23 wrote...
    another note on this
    January 21, 2013 7:27 pm
    This is the seventh Valley police shooting since the beginning of this year. That's a lot of police using their guns in a two week period.
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