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The man who was killed in Bellemont on Interstate-40 Monday morning has been identified. DPS says troopers were called to milepost 185 at Transwestern Road at around 7:26 a.m. after a man jumped from the bridge over the interstate and was hit by a passing car. The person has been identified as 42-year-old Issac KappyFull Story

Interstate-40 eastbound was brought to halt Monday morning after a fatal accident in Bellemont. DPS officials say a man jumped off the overpass at milepost 185 at around 7:26 a.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. ADOT says eastbound traffic was being taken off the interstate and allowed to go back on atFull Story

The Flagstaff Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own. Officials say Officer Daniel Beckwith died from an apparent suicide in Mesa on Tuesday. Officer Beckwith had been with the Flagstaff Police Department since July of 2014. He had been on paid leave since June of 2018 and living in Mesa sinceFull Story

An elderly Cottonwood man took his own life in the lobby of the Cottonwood Public Safety building Tuesday afternoon. Police say a family member of 74-year-old Lloyd Wingfield called police because they were worried he was suicidal. Officers arrived at his home, but contact wasn’t made. At around 1:45 p.m., Wingfield entered the building atFull Story

A Phoenix man, wanted for aggravated assault involving a weapon, was found dead Sunday in a Flagstaff motel room. Flagstaff Police say officers were called to the Saga Hotel at 820 West Route 66 to assist the U.S. Marshal’s Office to arrest 34-year-old Brandon Daniel Coronado, who was considered to be armed and dangerous. AtFull Story

There was a tense situation last night in Cottonwood. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 700-block of Desert Jewel Drive after a man barricaded himself inside a home. Deputies and SWAT members arrived at around 6:40 p.m. and the man fired gunshots from the house. Authorities evacuated homes in theFull Story

A man barricaded himself in a Flagstaff home this week for 12 hours, armed with kids inside and threatening suicide. Flagstaff Police say the incident took place Monday morning at around 8 a.m. in the 45-hundred block of North Allison Drive. Officers were trying to serve a warrant and a child custody order at theFull Story

A Flagstaff man, who had been missing since early Monday morning, has been found dead. Coconino County Sheriff’s officials say a person reported finding the body of a deceased person under a tree near a road bordering Baderville and the forest Thursday. Deputies and detectives responded to the scene for further investigation. The body wasFull Story

A 36-year-old Village of Oak Creek woman died Sunday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say they were called to Beaver Creek Road near Camp Verde just before 10 a.m. by a 51-year-old Sedona man. He told deputies he and the woman stopped in the area to target practice with aFull Story

The Coconino County Sheriff’s office is looking into an apparent suicide at Walnut Canyon over the weekend. Deputies responded to a report of a suicidal person in the area of the national park on Sunday at around 3:20 p.m. Officials say the person texted a friend that he could be found in a canyon eastFull Story