Arizona Detective Killed Last Week in "Critical Incident" Died from Accidental Rifle Discharge

While detectives were unloading equipment following an operation, So was moving a bag from a vehicle when a rifle from the bag fell to the ground and discharged. So was mortally wounded.

Detective Ryan So of the Scottsdale (Arizona) Police Department was killed last week by an accidental discharge.Detective Ryan So of the Scottsdale (Arizona) Police Department was killed last week by an accidental discharge.Scottsdale PD

Scottsdale, Arizona, Police Detective Ryan So died of wounds he suffered after a rifle accidentally discharged while he was on duty Thursday June 13.

Last week the agency said the detective died after a “critical incident.”

The Scottsdale Police Department has since announced that So and other detectives in the agency's Special Assignment Unit had completed a search warrant and arrest operation. While they were unloading equipment, police said So was moving a bag from a vehicle when a rifle from the bag fell to the ground and discharged. So was mortally wounded, AZ Central reports.

Police said fellow detectives immediately rendered aid, but So died at a hospital.

So was a nine-year Scottsdale police department veteran. He was with the Special Assignments Unit.

He is survived by his wife and three children.

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