One police officer killed, another injured in shooting in eastern Arizona

WHITERIVER, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) – A police officer has been killed and one other critically injured following a taking pictures Thursday on the Fort Apache Reservation in jap Arizona.

In line with the Navajo County Sheriff’s Workplace, a White Mountain Apache police officer pulled over a car on East Fork Street in Whiteriver simply after 7 p.m. Throughout the visitors cease, an altercation occurred and the officer was fatally shot. The suspect drove away within the officer’s car with different White Mountain Apache police items in pursuit.

The chase continued via distant areas of the Fort Apache Reservation to the Hawley Lake space the place a shoot-out started. The suspect was killed and a second officer was wounded. That officer was flown to a Phoenix-area hospital for remedy. To date, the names of the officers concerned, the situation of the injured officer, and the suspect’s identification are unknown.

The White Mountain Apache Tribe launched the next assertion:

“The Tribe is indebted to our Police Division and EMS for his or her immediate and brave response, and grateful for the help rendered by our neighboring jurisdictions. Our prayers, tonight, are with the households of these officers concerned, and with all of our first responders.”

The FBI is main the investigation, and different businesses concerned embody the White Mountain Apache Sport Rangers, San Carlos Apache Sport Rangers, Pinetop-Lakeside Police Division, Navajo County Sheriff’s Workplace, Apache County Sheriff’s Workplace, and the Arizona Division of Public Security.

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