A family dispute between two brothers in Glendale ended in two separate shootings, including one between police officers.
At about 7 a.m. Sept. 16, Glendale police responded to a 911 call from a mother stating there was a fight between her sons and that she heard one gunshot, said department spokesperson Sgt. Justin Ramsay, at a news conference.
Officers responded to the area near 61st Avenue and Bloomfield Road at the home the two brothers and mother lived at, he said.
Police identified the two men as Steven Landos, 54, and Terry Landos, 64, and noted that the department was familiar with the two men from prior calls for service to the home. The two brothers had altercations in the past but could not provide answers regarding a motive for the fight,
Ramsay said.
The mother walked into the bedroom and found Steven Landos “down with a single gunshot wound and unresponsive," Ramsay said.
The older brother, Terry Landos, fled the scene in a white van, he said.
Glendale police used its real-time crime center and drone equipment to locate Terry Landos within “10 minutes,” near 163rd and Grand avenues, Ramsay said.
Undercover detectives made contact with Terry Landos near a wash in Surprise where they found him “armed with a handgun,” according to Ramsay.
Officers shot at Terry Landos, Ramsay said.
He stated the man’s condition was “critical.” He did not answer questions regarding how many times the man was shot at or how many officers were involved in the shooting.
The Surprise Police Department was not a part of the shooting, Ramsay said.
The West Valley Investigative Response Team, made up of other local law enforcement agencies in West metro Phoenix, will take over the investigation into the police shooting, Ramsay said.
There have been at least 62 police shootings in Arizona so far in 2026, with at least 34 of them fatal. This was also the second police shooting in two days, following a fatal shooting in Gilbert on Sept. 15.
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