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发帖数: 29846 | 1 December 28, 2014 - 9:35 AM
Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A 24-year-old police officer died after being shot
by a domestic violence suspect who then killed himself Saturday afternoon in
Arizona.
Officer Tyler J. Stewart, 24, died at Flagstaff Medical Center, police said.
Stewart is the second Flagstaff police officer ever to be killed in the
line of duty. On June 21, 2000, Officer Jeff Moritz, 30, was killed after he
pulled over a teenager as the teen drove around his neighborhood in a truck
playing loud rap music.
Stewart was looking for the man — identified as Robert W. Smith, 28, of
Prescott — about 1:30 p.m. in the 800 block of West Clay Avenue when Smith
fired several shots at the officer, police said. Smith then shot himself and
was pronounced dead at the scene, police added.
Investigators do not believe Stewart fired any shots, but they continue to
investigate the matter, Sgt. Margaret Bentzen said.
Stewart was taken to Flagstaff Medical Center in critical condition and
later died, police said.
Stewart had worked at the department for less than a year, police said. He
was a graduate of Boulder Creek High School in Anthem, Arizona, and
Concordia College in California, police said.
"This is an enormous tragedy for our department and the family of our
Officer. We are a very close knit organization, and know that all members of
the Flagstaff Police Department are grieving at this time. With that being
said, all of the men and women of the Flagstaff Police Department extend our
prayers and condolences to the family of our Officer Tyler Stewart," Chief
Kevin Treadway said in a statement.
"It is heartbreaking to lose one of our officers," Mayor Jerry Nabours said.
"We collectively mourn for his family and the entire department."
A candlelight vigil has been scheduled by Stewart's family and the Flagstaff
Police Department for 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Officer Down Memorial Statue
at the front of the police department at 911 E. Sawmill.
The shooting was the second one of a police officer in northern Arizona in
the past three months. In October, a tribal police officer of the Navajo
Nation was shot in the face during a shootout with a male suspect in the
town of Kaibeto, which is 75 miles north of Flagstaff. The officer survived. | G****e
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