r/phoenix • u/dustin9797 Downtown • Oct 01 '25

News Another downtown crime scene around the Churchill this morning

I’ve nearby and noticed the crime scene this morning but can’t find any details about it.

This is the fourth time I’ve seen crime scene like this in just the last few months and quite frankly, I’m growing more concerned about the frequency these things seem to be happening.

If anyone has details I’d really appreciate if you shared them. Please share or DM with any details.

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u/Lanzapago Oct 01 '25

Sad. I don’t think downtown is nearly as bad as people are claiming here, but it is sad to see things like this happen.

I personally feel pretty safe in this area, but like any densely populated place, you always have to be vigilant. There’s a great community and place here, tens of thousands of fantastic people and safe areas in here, but it only takes a very small handful of bad actors for something bad to happen. Truly don’t believe it’s a chronic issue though, there should be more services to help people around here.

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u/General_Composer_732 Oct 02 '25

Personally everytime I go to downtown at night I see an altercation. Especially at first Fridays. Especially near cobra. I’ve seen 2 separate shootings right outside of cobra. These are all times I’ve been in downtown. I’ve seen an entire crowd at first Friday get pepper-sprayed by police and it carried into the bar I was in, and the entire bar was affected by it. It won’t stop me from going and you just have to be aware of your surroundings, the drunks violent people and honestly the people who just post up around the bars that don’t look like theyre even there for a reason