Sheriff's Office: Law Enforcement Officer Shot and Wounded - U.S. News & World Report
CAMP VERDE, Ariz. (AP) — A law enforcement officer was shot and wounded after an altercation with a suspect in the Verde Valley area of north-central Arizona and a search was underway for the shooter, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said.
No information was immediately available on the condition or injuries of the officer wounded Wednesday night, but the officer was airlifted to a Phoenix-area hospital, the Sheriff's Officer said in a statement.
The statement did not provide the officer's affiliation, but the Yavapai-Apache Nation said in a brief statement that tribal officials “are aware of a situation involving a member of our Yavapai-Apache Nation Police Department."
The Yavapai-Apache tribe is headquartered in Camp Verde, which is one of several communities in the Verde Valley and 78 miles (126 kilometers) north of Phoenix.
The tribe's statement said officials “were in close contact with authorities" and would share more information as it became available.
Tribal officials did not immediately responded to a call from The Associated Press.
The Sheriff's Office's statement said the shooting occurred near an intersection along State Route 260 and that it wasn't immediately what led to the shooting.
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