On Monday Aug. 17, at 7:30 p.m., a Yavapai-Apache Police Department officer responded to a reported domestic violence incident on the Yavapai-Apache Nation’s Clarkdale Reservation lands.
Upon arrival, the responding officer encountered an adult male armed with a large knife. The officer ordered the individual to drop the knife, and the individual withdrew toward the residence. Additional YAPD officers and officers from the Clarkdale Police Department subsequently arrived to assist.
The individual later re-emerged from the residence armed with the knife and began advancing toward officers. Officers issued repeated commands for the individual to drop the weapon. A CPD officer deployed a Taser in an attempt to stop the individual, but the device was ineffective.
The individual continued advancing toward officers while armed with the knife. A Yavapai-Apache Police Department officer then discharged his service weapon, firing two shots. One round struck the individual in the shoulder.
Officers immediately provided first aid at the scene. Verde Valley Fire and Medical personnel responded and transported the individual to a local hospital for medical treatment.
No Yavapai-Apache Police Department or Clarkdale Police Department officers were injured during the incident.
The officer-involved shooting is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
YAPD will provide additional information as it becomes available and can appropriately be released.
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An officer-involved shooting took place around 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, on Yavapai-Apache Nation tribal land in the Clarkdale area, according to Clarkdale Police Chief Randy Taylor.
“I can tell you all officers are safe,” Taylor said of the incident, which included two Yavapai-Apache Nation officers and two Clarkdale Police Department officers on scene. “[But] the person that was shot — I don’t know what his condition is.”
Clarkdale police officers were providing backup to YAPD officers, Taylor said. Because the incident took place on tribal land, the FBI is investigating the incident, Taylor said.
“We are currently in process of compiling information to share about the incident,” Yavapai-Apache Nation Director of Strategic Initiatives and Communications Treyson Fulmer stated when reached for comment on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 18.
