A firearms and tactical instructor hired to help train Department of Homeland Security Special Response Teams was involved in at least four fatal police shootings during his career with the Phoenix Police Department, according to a report published by WIRED based on court records and a 2021 deposition.
The report identified David S. Norman, founder of Arizona-based training company TruKinetics LLC, as a former Phoenix police officer who participated in six on-duty shootings between the late 1990s and his retirement in 2020, incidents that left four people dead and two wounded. Norman later secured a federal contract to help conduct mandatory tactical training for DHS Special Response Team operators at Fort Benning, Georgia.
