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Man indicted in shooting death of Phoenix police officer

Saul Bal
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Saul Bal

A grand jury has indicted a man accused in the shooting death of a Phoenix police officer.

Forty-one-year-old Saul Bal faces five felony charges, including first-degree murder and burglary.

Phoenix police were responding to a call about a car break-in earlier this month when they confronted Bal. Authorities say he fled and opened fire, killing officer Zane Coolidge and wounding another.

A trial date has not been set yet.

Kirsten Dorman is a field correspondent at KJZZ. Born and raised in New Jersey, Dorman fell in love with audio storytelling as a freshman at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2019.