Trooper Tyler James Edenhofer, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Arizona

Trooper Tyler James Edenhofer

Arizona Department of Public Safety, Arizona

End of Watch Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Tyler James Edenhofer

Trooper Tyler Edenhofer was shot and killed after he and several officers responded to reports of a subject throwing objects at vehicles on I-10, near Avondale Boulevard in Goodyear, at approximately 10:00 pm.

Three Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers and two Goodyear Police Department officers responded to the scene and attempted to take the subject into custody. The man resisted arrested and engaged the officers in a struggle that lasted several minutes. The subject was able to obtain one of the officers' duty weapons during the struggle and opened fire, killing Trooper Edenhofer and wounding another Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper.

The subject was taken into custody.

Trooper Edenhofer had graduated from the police academy only three months earlier and was still in field training at the time of the incident. He was a U.S. Navy veteran.

Bio

Age 25
Tour 3 months
Badge 10449
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Officer's handgun
Offender In custody

field training, suspicious person

Contact

Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:

Colonel Frank Milstead
Arizona Department of Public Safety
2222 W. Encanto Boulevard
Phoenix, AZ 85009

Phone: (602) 223-2000

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I hope that everyone can find comfort in Revelation 21:4 where it says, "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." Until we see him again in Paradise, please accept my condolences.

A.W. Montgomery
Concerned Citizen

August 14, 2018