Phoenix police shoot armed man threatening to rob convenience store

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article mischaracterized how a suspect was arrested. He was arrested without further incident.

A Phoenix police officer shot and injured an armed man who threatened to rob a convenience store on Thursday night.

The incident started at about 11:30 p.m. when the Phoenix Police Department received reports of a person with a gun near north 17th Avenue and West Van Buren Street, according to police spokesperson Sgt. Philip Krynsky.

Current reports indicated the man had a gun and was threatening to rob a nearby convenience store. When officers arrived, they found the man outside of the store, Krynsky said.

Police say the man raised his gun at the officers, and an officer shot him.

The man was detained without further incident after additional officers arrived.

Phoenix fire personnel took the man to a hospital to receive treatment for his injuries. The man is expected to survive and will be booked on several charges after he is released from the hospital, Krynsky said.

No additional injuries were reported.

There have been four other police shootings in Arizona so far this year, according to data collected by The Arizona Republic.

Reach breaking news reporter Amaris Encinas at amaris.encinas@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @amarisencinas.

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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Phoenix police shoot armed man threatening to rob convenience store