Officer Safety and liveliness on Tribal Lands

摘要

On Aug. 27,2020, Tohono O'odham Nation Police Officer Bryan Brown was killed as he and other officers responded to reports of an armed man driving erratically near the Desert Diamond Why Casino at night. As Brown arrived at the scene, the man approached him while holding a broken bottle before getting into the officer's patrol vehicle, stealing it and intentionally ramming a Border Patrol vehicle. The man then accelerated toward Brown, who was able to shoot the suspect before being struck. The man, who later told investigators he was high on meth, was arrested after a pursuit and charged with murder and three counts of assaulting a federal officer.