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Ariz. officers cleared in shooting case, video released

Police say William Ferguson began shooting at the officers with an assault rifle with bullets breaking a window of the patrol vehicle

Associated Press

BUCKEYE, Ariz. — A review board of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has cleared two Buckeye police officers in a shooting case last year.

Buckeye police on Thursday released body camera footage of the June 25 shootout with a heavily armed man who eventually killed himself.

The footage had been withheld until the county attorney’s office completed its independent review of the shooting.

Two police officers went to a Buckeye home after family members said 30-year-old William Ferguson had fatally shot his wife.

Police say Ferguson began shooting at the officers with an assault rifle with bullets breaking a window of the patrol vehicle.

Authorities say Ferguson suffered a shoulder wound in the shootout and took his own life.

Police entered the home and found 36-year-old Breanne Ferguson dead from multiple gunshot wounds.