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David Van Glasser was a 34-year-old Phoenix Police Department officer who died of gunshot wounds sustained on May 18, 2016, and who succumbed to his injuries on May 19, 2016. A 12-year veteran assigned to the Neighborhood Enforcement Team, he was shot while responding to a burglary-in-progress call near 51st Avenue and Baseline Road. Officers encountered the suspect seated in a van in the driveway; the man opened fire without warning and struck Officer Van Glasser. Fellow officers returned fire and the shooter, identified as the homeowner’s adult son, was fatally wounded at the scene. Van Glasser was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died the next day. He was a husband and father of two.

What additional details do readers in the Phoenix area recall about the incident or the officers involved?