Phoenix Police Shooting Whitaker. Whitakers family believes the shooting was unjustified and they are calling for the officer to be charged with murder. Police officers had come to.
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The shooting led to protests who demanded justice for Whitaker. Ryan Whitaker was shot in the back by Officer Jeff Cooke in May at an Ahwatukee Foothills. On May 21 2020.
Ryan Whitaker was shot to death by Phoenix Police after answering his door with a firearm in hand.
A Phoenix police officer who killed 40-year-old Ryan Whitaker at his apartment door last year was reinstated Thursday after the department attempted to fire him. A Phoenix police officer who killed 40-year-old Ryan Whitaker at his apartment door last year was reinstated Thursday after the department attempted to fire him. It was at about 1053 pm. Phoenix Police Department released body-camera videos from a domestic violence call in May that showed an officer shooting 40.