
June 7, 2022
Officer Adrian Lopez Sr., 35, was shot and killed during a traffic stop June 2 in the town of Whiteriver on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. (Navajo County Sheriff's Office)
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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez joined family members, law enforcement officers from across the country, and the White Mountain Apache tribal community, to honor and remember fallen White Mountain Apache Police Officer Adrian Lopez during a funeral service held at the Chief Alchesay Activity Center in Whiteriver, Arizona June 9.

A tribal police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop on a reservation in Arizona and the suspect was killed in a subsequent shootout that left another officer wounded, officials said June 3.