On Tuesday, December 31, 2013, shortly after 2:00 pm, Phoenix Police Officer Scott Sefranka was shot and critically injured in the line of duty after confronting an armed robbery suspect, who fled from the scene at 2500 North 44th Street.
Officer Sefranka had observed the suspect vehicle fleeing the scene and followed as it continued eastbound on East Thomas Road, where it eventually collided with a northbound vehicle at the Phoenix/Scottsdale border at North 56th Street.
The driver of the pickup truck, Phillip Grigg, a member of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Desert Search Unit Posse, saw Officer Sefranka fighting with the suspect and intervened. Both Officer Sefranka and Grigg were shot by the suspect, who fled on foot and was eventually taken into custody without incident.
Phoenix Police Chief Daniel V. Garcia, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and Phoenix Law Enforcement Association President Joe Clure are inviting the community to show their support for Officer Sefranka and Mr. Grigg and join police officers, deputy sheriffs, Posse members as well as other law enforcement and public safety officials on Wednesday, January 8, 2014.
They will be serving lunch starting at 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and dinner from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the PLEA Garage Grill, located at 1102 West Adams Street.
All donations will go the the families of Scott Sefranka and the Posse Member.