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Police: Ex-Arizona prisons boss hospitalized with gun wound

This Aug. 19, 2010, file photo shows then-Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan at a news conference in Phoenix. Police say Ryan, who retired as the state's prisons boss two years ago, suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to one of his hands, initially refused calls to exit his Tempe home and pointed a gun at officers before finally surrendering on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Police said Ryan will face charges once he's released from the hospital.
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Police say former Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to one of his hands, initially refused calls to exit his Tempe home and pointed a gun at officers before finally surrendering.

Police said Ryan will face charges once he’s released from the hospital.

Authorities said officers went to his home Thursday after getting a report of a person there with a possible a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police say officers tried to communicate with Ryan, who remained in his home.

Ryan is accused of pointing a gun at officers at one point.

After negotiators were called in, police say Ryan exited the house.

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