Whitaker answered the door with a gun in his hand held down at his side and the barrel pointed down toward the floor, and an officer initially said, "How're you doin'?
[3] Whitaker's girlfriend emerged from the apartment, asked why he was shot, and was told, "He pulled a gun on us, ma'am.
[4] An officer had verbally announced, "Phoenix police" when knocking, but Whitaker reportedly did not hear their words because of music playing in his apartment.
[5] Nees said there was no argument happening in the apartment; they had just been playing Crash Bandicoot on a PlayStation and enthusiastically shouting comments.
[1] Reports said that the upstairs neighbor had exaggerated the description of the noise, giving the impression that there was a violent fight in progress.
The video recording includes a comment from Ferragamo indicating that he believed the neighbor was just saying there was violence in order to get the police to respond to the noise complaint – sarcastically quoting the caller as saying "'I'm just gonna say yes to all the questions to get the officers here faster.
Ferragamo had been returned to ordinary duty, and Cooke had been assigned to non-enforcement work, and had not been charged with any crime in connection to the incident.
[9] In January 2021, Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel announced that she would not be pursuing criminal charges against Cooke.