Arizona detective killed in ‘critical incident’ last week died from accidental gunshot

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

Scottsdale, Arizona police Detective Ryan So died as a result of an accidental gunshot wound while on duty on Thursday, June 13.

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

Scottsdale police have since announced that So and other investigators from the agency’s special operations unit completed a search and arrest operation. While they were unloading equipment, police said, So was retrieving a bag from a vehicle when a gun fell from the bag to the ground and went off, fatally wounding So, AZ Central reports.

Police said his colleagues immediately provided assistance, but So died in hospital.

The same was true for a nine-year veteran of the Scottsdale Police Department. He was a member of the Special Assignments Unit.

He leaves behind his wife and three children.