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BWC: Gun-wielding man fires shots at Ariz. officers in Walmart parking lot before OIS

Tucson officers responded after the man fired shots through apartment windows and brandished a gun inside the grocery store

The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson

TUCSON, Ariz. — A new video released by the multi-agency team that investigates police-involved shootings here shows new details from an October shooting outside a Tucson Walmart store.

The shooting happened about 9:45 a.m. Oct. 25, when Tucson police officers went to the Walmart Neighborhood Market at 8640 E. Broadway for a reported armed robbery attempt that followed reports of gunshots being fired into apartments nearby, according to the Pima Regional Critical Incident Team video.

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Brandon Clifton Bryant, 45, who was armed with a handgun, was shot outside the store after he fired in the direction of two officers, the PRCIT said.

Matthew Timpf, an 18-year Tucson police veteran, returned fire, striking the man in the arm, the video shows.

Bryant remains jailed on suspicion of multiple felony charges, including aggravated assault on a peace officer with a firearm, aggravated assault with a firearm and armed robbery.

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