Ofc. Alex Yazzie

Murdered

Senior Police Officer Alexander K. Yazzie, a 42-year-old veteran of the Navajo Division of Public Safety and a former U.S. Marine Corps veteran, was fatally shot on March 19, 2015, while responding to a domestic violence call. The incident began when Justin Fowler, the suspect, was reported by his brother for domestic violence at the Little Water Trading Post in New Mexico. Fowler was allegedly beating his wife and mother with a pistol, and when Officer Anderson Dez arrived, Fowler opened fire o ...Read More

KRQE News 13: 1 Navajo officer killed, 2 injured by Four Corners gunman

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