Wade Jess Jordan

Deadly force

Wade Jess Jordan led officers on an hourlong chase through Mesa after an officer tried to stop him while working a holiday DUI task force. Jordan led police to a cul-de-sac near Gilbert and Brown roads. At one point, Jordan used a cell phone to call 911 and said he wanted to die, claiming that he had weapons. Several attempts to subdue Jordan with various nonlethal weapons failed, and police shot him after he drove his truck toward them. The city paid $375,000 for a wrongful death, while not acknowledging any liability. As is generally the case in Arizona, the news media never reported the legal disposition of the case.