FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An officer who was shot in the face during a domestic violence call Saturday has died and a suspect fatally wounded himself, according to police.
Officer Tyler Stewart, 24, died at Flagstaff Medical Center, where he was transported after being shot by a man identified as Robert W. Smith, 28.
The officer contacted the suspect in Flagstaff for questioning, police spokeswoman Sgt. Margaret Bentzen said. Additional officers were dispatched after the officer's emergency button went off and dispatchers could no longer get a verbal reply from the officer, Bentzen said.
After shooting Stewart, the suspect then shot himself dead, police added.
Stewart was taken to the hospital in critical condition and then later died, police said.
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