Paul Rutherford

Police Officer Paul Rutherford was struck and killed by a vehicle near the intersection of 75th Avenue and Indian School Road at 8:30 am. He was at the scene of an earlier accident when a call involving an armed subject was dispatched across the street. He was attempting to cross the street to respond to the call when he was struck by a vehicle. Officer Rutherford was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Phoenix Police Department for 23 years.