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The Flagstaff Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own. Authorities say Officer Jarrett Shughart was found at his home Saturday, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers arrived at his home on a welfare check and found his body. There were no other people at home at the time of theFull Story

The search is on to try and locate the body of a man who reportedly climbed over a safety barrier at the Grand Canyon Skywalk Saturday and apparently jumped. Grand Canyon West officials say the 28-year-old jumped at around 4:30 p.m. The Skywalk is an attraction on the west side of the Grand Canyon thatFull Story

A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting Friday morning in Chino Valley. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 16-thousand block of Vaquero Drive at around 11 a.m. on a report of a suicidal man in his 50s. Deputies found the 51-year-old Danny Mihalik from Chino Valley, armed with aFull Story

Deputies with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Department had a busy Sunday with two suicidal situations that were settled without incident. The first happened in Rimrock at around 3:30 p.m. Deputies were sent to a home where an 18-year-old was threatening to shoot himself with a handgun. A younger sibling reported the incident and said theFull Story

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