Highway 260 between Show Low and Heber IS CLOSED to public traffic. Only evacuees are allowed on the highway as they leave their properties. PLEASE DO NO FORGET YOUR ANIMALS!

IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE – SHOW LOW POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHOW LOW, ARIZONA

•AT APPROXIMATELY 0725 THIS MORNING A BLACK SUPER DUTY FORD F150 STRUCK MULTIPLE BICLYSTS AT THE 1500 BLOCK E DEUCE OF CLUBS / IN FRONT OF HORN AUTO COLLISION CENTER DURING THE BIKE THE BLUFF EVENT. SUSPECT THEN FLED THE SCENE IN THE VEHICLE.

•OFFICERS PURSUED SUSPECT TO THE AREA OF SOUTH 3RD DRIVE AND WEST OLIVER. OFFICER ENGAGED AND THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT BEHIND ACE HARDWARE. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHOOT TEAM IS ENROUTE TO CONDUCT THE SHOOTING INVESTIGATION.

• 6 VICTIMS WERE TRANSPORTED TO SUMMIT HEALTHCARE VIA TIMBER MESA FIRE & MEDICAL DISTRICT PERSONNEL.

• 4 ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

• 2 ARE CRITICAL BUT STABLE

• . SUSPECT IS CRITICAL BUT STABLE.•

• 2-3 WALK IN VICTIMS AT SUMMIT HEALTHCARE ARE STABLE.

•NAVAJO COUNTY CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT (CISM) TEAM IS ON STANDBY.

•THIS INCIDENT AND INVESTIGATION CONSISTS OF MULTI-AGENCY RESPONSE INLUDING SHOW LOW POLICE DEPARTMENT, NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY….THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

.•MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW AS IT DEVELOPS.

•OUR COMMUNITY IS SHOCKED AT THIS INCIDENT AND OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE INJURED AND THEIR FAMILIES AT THIS TIME.