Cop Critically Injured in Shooting on Arizona Reservation

Cop Critically Injured in Shooting on Arizona Reservation
Police cars close off a street outside the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse in Phoenix, Ariz., on Sept. 15, 2020. Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo
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CAMP VERDE, Ariz.—Residents of a Native American reservation in Arizona were told to stay inside their homes as authorities searched Thursday for a suspect who opened fire at tribal police officers, critically injuring one of them, authorities said.

The shooting happened Wednesday night on the Yavapai-Apache Nation in the Verde Valley region of north-central Arizona when officers responded to a report of gunfire. The suspect got out of a vehicle, “fled on foot and began shooting at the officers,” tribal officials said in a statement.