PHOENIX - A man was shot with a less than lethal round by a Phoenix Police Department officer on Dec.
8 after he reportedly told police they'd have to shoot to disarm him while holding what appeared to be a kitchen knife.At around 5 p.m., Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers were finishing up collision reports in a parking lot near McDowell Road and SR-51 when an unidentified man bent over in front of one of the patrol cars."The man appeared to be in a state of distress, and as a trooper spoke with him, he suddenly pulled out a large kitchen-style knife from behind his back and made statements indicating troopers would have to shoot him," DPS said in a news release from Dec.