PHOENIX — A decide on Monday postponed till July the case in opposition to Arizona’s former corrections director in an encounter by which police say he fired a gun inside his Tempe house and pointed a firearm at two officers throughout a three-hour standoff.

The decide agreed to maneuver Monday’s settlement convention for Charles Ryan till July 13 after attorneys for each side stated they wished to look at extra proof.

Police had been referred to as to the home on Jan. 6, 2022.

Ryan was injured when he fired his gun earlier than police arrived, struggling a lower to the brow after a bullet he apparently fired hit a rest room sink and despatched a splinter of porcelain flying.

The ex-prisons boss, who retired in 2019, additionally had a hand damage brought on by a projectile that shot by police after Ryan pointed a handgun at officers.

Police stories present Ryan had consumed half of a bottle of tequila earlier than officers arrived.

He was by no means booked into jail after he ultimately surrendered to police and was taken to the hospital. Police seized about 15 weapons from his house.

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