FLAGSTAFF — A Coconino County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man during a struggle over a handgun inside an RV at a Flagstaff campground Saturday night, according to the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were called around 10 p.m. on Nov. 7 to the KOA Campground at 5803 North U.S. Highway 89 after a woman called 911 and said her husband had a gun and was threatening to use it on himself, the sheriff’s office said.
When a deputy arrived, officials said, he found the “man and woman in a physical struggle for a handgun inside a fifth-wheel trailer at the RV park.”
Body camera video released by the sheriff’s office and reported by FOX 10 Phoenix shows the woman repeating “No, no, no” as the man handles the gun. The man tells the deputy not to come in, and the deputy orders the woman to get away and tells the man to “drop the gun” before two shots are heard.
The deputy’s gunfire struck the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released. Officials have not said whether the woman or any deputies were hurt, and the events leading up to the struggle remain unclear.
The Northern Arizona Officer Involved Shooting Task Force, led by the Flagstaff Police Department, is investigating, as is standard when a law enforcement officer fires a weapon in the region.
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Sources: FOX 10 Phoenix, ABC15. Thee Arizona Times uses AI-assisted reporting reviewed against the sources listed.
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