Arizona Tribe Temporarily Bans Dances After Police Officer Is Fatally Shot Responding to Disturbance

Arizona Tribe Temporarily Bans Dances After Police Officer Is Fatally Shot Responding to Disturbance
Joshua Briese. Gila River Police Department via AP
The Associated Press
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SANTAN, Ariz.—The Gila River Indian Community has issued a temporary ban on dances after a tribal police officer was fatally shot and another wounded while responding to a reported disturbance at a Santan home, tribal officials said Sunday.

Stephen Roe Lewis, governor of the tribe south of Phoenix, said a special meeting of community council’s leaders was held Saturday night.