An Arizona police officer is dead after a suspect fatally shot him during a routine traffic stop. What are the details?
According to a Friday report from the Daily Caller , White Mountain Apache Police Officer Adrian Lopez, 35, was in the process of pulling over a vehicle in Whiteriver when an altercation took place between the officer and the suspect, who was later identified as 25-year-old Kevin Dwight Nashio of Whiteriver.
In a statement, the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office said that during the altercation, the officer was fatally shot.
“The suspect took the officer’s police vehicle and fled the scene,” the statement continued. Responding officers then were said to chase the suspect to “very remote areas of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation to the Hawley Lake area” where officers cornered him and a gunfight ensued.During the crossfire, a second officer — identified as 29-year-old Sergeant Lonnie Thompson — was […]
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