Arizona DPS Trooper killed by gunfire

Trooper Tyler Edenhofer was shot and killed after he and several officers responded to reports of a subject throwing objects at vehicles on I-10, near Avondale Boulevard in Goodyear, at approximately 10:00 pm.

Three Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers and two Goodyear Police Department officers responded to the scene and attempted to take the subject into custody. The man resisted arrested and engaged the officers in a struggle that lasted several minutes. The subject was able to obtain one of the officers' duty weapons during the struggle and opened fire, killing Trooper Edenhofer and wounding another Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper.

The subject was taken into custody.

Trooper Edenhofer had graduated from the police academy only three months earlier and was still in field training at the time of the incident

Colonel Frank Milstead
Arizona Department of Public Safety
2222 W. Encanto Boulevard
Phoenix, AZ 85009 Phone: (602) 223-2000


https://www.odmp.org/officer/23732-t...yler-edenhofer

It's big news down here, unfortunately. His FTO was also shot, but was a clean through n through

Bummer.

My Dad is a retired AZ DPS officer. He got into a gunfight while he had a new officer field training with him. That trainee ended up quitting right after.

Police work can get rough at any time, but it always seems a bit more unfortunate when it involves a brand new officer fresh out of the academy.

This bad guy must have been on some sort of crazy drugs to take on 5 officers like that.

When I left AZ, Avondale was not a good part of town....
Sad to hear this news.

Condolences to the family and rest in peace, Trooper Edenhofer...

RIP