Man dies after deputy shoots during Flagstaff campground struggle

Deputies were sent to the KOA Campground in Flagstaff at about 10 p.m. on November 7 after a woman called 911. She reported that her spouse was armed and threatening suicide.

When deputies arrived, they saw the couple physically struggling over a handgun inside a fifth-wheel trailer. Body-camera video showed a deputy at the trailer entrance as the woman told the man, “No, no, no.” The man told the deputy not to enter. The deputy raised his firearm and directed the woman to move away.

The deputy ordered the man to put down the handgun. As the deputy kept the woman back, two shots can be heard in the video. The man was hit by the deputy’s gunfire and was declared dead at the location. Authorities have not identified him.

An Arizona team that investigates officer-involved shootings in the northern part of the state is handling the case, with the Flagstaff Police Department leading the inquiry.