Incident

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7-09-2015 Arizona Ash Fork 1-2

Location

July 09, 2015

Ash Fork, Arizona

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Steve Edgar
Age: 70
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Jason Niedermeyer
Age: 24
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Gregory Niedermeyer
Age: 49
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator surrender at standoff
Police Targeted
Drug involvement

Notes

Volunteer officer following speeding quad bike is shot at pot farm; sniper rifle and numerous other firearms found; shot three times in the hip, over 20 rounds fired at him;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Other

Sources

URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/2-men-arrested-after-shooting-70-year-old-volunteer-police-officer

URL: https://www.williamsnews.com/news/2015/jul/14/sheriffs-volunteer-ambushed-shot-3-times-in-ash-f/

URL: https://www.williamsnews.com/news/2019/nov/21/ash-fork-man-guilty-attempted-murder/

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 1
State House District: 1