if drugs were legal stuff like this would not be happening Original Article Undercover Phoenix cops kill man in drug buy William Hermann The Arizona Republic Oct. 14, 2005 09:35 AM Undercover Phoenix police officers shot a suspect to death late Thursday after he pointed a gun at them during a drug buy in north Phoenix, officials said. Police spokeswoman Lauri Williams said Drug Enforcement Bureau officers Andy Barciz, James Sink and Delbert Wheeler, were negotiating a narcotics purchase from a suspect in the area near Glendale and 21st avenues when the suspect told the officers to follow him in their car. As the suspect drove south on 21st Avenue, he stopped, got out of his car and, as he approached the officers, allegedly took a pistol from his back pocket and pointed it at their car. William said one of the officers got out of the car and shot at the suspect as another officer from within the car also fired. The suspect was hit by at least one round and was pronounced dead at the scene. Relatives of the dead suspect had not been notified as of Friday morning, and his name was not available.