ONE NAVAJO POLICE OFFICER DEAD … THE OTHER INJURED AFTER COMING UP AGAINST A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUSPECT THURSDAY SOUTH OF THE LITTLE WATER TRADING POST SOUTH OF SHIPROCK. THEY WERE SENT THERE ON A CALL THAT A MAN IDENTIFIED AS 24 YEAR OLD JUSTIN FOWLER WAS HOLDING HIS FAMILY HOSTAGE.
FOWLER ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT ONE OF THE OFFICERS WITH AN AR-15 … BUT DIDN’T HIT HIM. FOWLER IS THEN SAID TO HAVE FLED AND A CAR CHASE ENSUED. THE TWO SIDES … INCLUDING WINDOW ROCK AND CROWNPOINT POLICE … EXCHANGED GUNFIRE NEAR THE STATE LINE.
ONE OFFICER WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED. FOWLER WAS KILLED IN THE SHOOTOUT.
