Travis Murphy

Officer Travis Murphy was shot and killed when he confronted a suspect who had fled the scene of a shots fired call. Officer Murphy encountered the suspect at 1920 W. Fairmount Avenue and was shot 10 times in the legs and lower abdomen. Other officers immediately placed him in a patrol car and took him to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds a short time later. Officer Murphy had served with the Phoenix Police Department for four and a half years.