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PHOENIX - On early Sunday morning, a knife-wielding man was shot and killed by Phoenix Police officers, the department said.

What we know:

The incident began to unfold around 12:45 a.m. near 20th Street and Southern Avenue on Aug. 31.

"A two-man patrol unit assigned to the South Mountain Precinct were investigating a man seen riding a bicycle near 2030 East Southern Avenue. As officers attempted to contact the man, he began to run away. Officers quickly caught up to the man and attempted to detain him. The man resisted officers and was seen removing a knife from his possession," Phoenix Police Sgt. Brian Bower said. "As one of the officers continued struggling to detain the man the other officer verbally alerted his partner to the knife and removed his duty gun, dischar

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