When a south Phoenix family called 911 for help about their suicidal father, they didn’t think he’d be killed by police. Now, the family plans to sue the Phoenix Police Department and the City of Phoenix. On the morning of October 2, Victor Altamirano’s daughters told ABC15 their dad was feeling suicidal. Melissa German, one of Altamirano’s daughters, usually drops off her daughter with her parents but her father wasn’t there to greet her at the door that morning, which she said was unusual. She found out from her mother that her dad, Altamirano, was feeling suicidal.

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