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Navajo Nation Police Officer Alex Yazzie was shot and killed in the line of duty after responding to a domestic violence situation in the Four Corners region on Thursday, according to Navajo authorities.
Two other tribal officers were injured during the shootout.
The suspect, Justin Fowler, 24, led police on a 40-mile chase from New Mexico to Arizona before he was shot and killed, tribal authorities said.
The situation began about 2:15 p.m. when Fowler's brother reported he was beating his wife and mother with a pistol at their home near Little Water Trading Post, authorities said.
owler had an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and fired at police and then fled.
At 8:20 p.m., he returned to Little Water and made a U-turn at the mobile police command center in an apparent taunt, according to Navajo authorities.
A chase ensued. Twice Fowler got out of his car and fired the rifle at police, disabling a police vehicle.
Police pursued him and the manhunt ended in Red Valley, Ariz. The town is just west of New Mexico in Apache Count.
Officers from the Window Rock and Crownpoint police districts responded as well, according to a Navajo Nation news release.
Police fatally shot Fowler around 10:30 PM.
credit: azcentral.com
Two other tribal officers were injured during the shootout.
The suspect, Justin Fowler, 24, led police on a 40-mile chase from New Mexico to Arizona before he was shot and killed, tribal authorities said.
The situation began about 2:15 p.m. when Fowler's brother reported he was beating his wife and mother with a pistol at their home near Little Water Trading Post, authorities said.
owler had an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and fired at police and then fled.
At 8:20 p.m., he returned to Little Water and made a U-turn at the mobile police command center in an apparent taunt, according to Navajo authorities.
A chase ensued. Twice Fowler got out of his car and fired the rifle at police, disabling a police vehicle.
Police pursued him and the manhunt ended in Red Valley, Ariz. The town is just west of New Mexico in Apache Count.
Officers from the Window Rock and Crownpoint police districts responded as well, according to a Navajo Nation news release.
Police fatally shot Fowler around 10:30 PM.
credit: azcentral.com
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