LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An 81-year-old man was arrested Sunday after firing a weapon within the path of a sheriff’s deputy within the Colorado River group of Topock in northwest Arizona.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace arrested Edward Larence Chemleski, who’s within the Mohave County Jail on a cost of tried 2nd-degree homicide.
Deputies responded to a residence within the 5000 block of Aravaipa Place to examine on a report of a disturbance. After the suspect fired the weapon, a deputy returned hearth and the person retreated into the residence. Nobody was damage within the alternate of gunfire, in accordance with the sheriff’s workplace.
Chemleski was taken into custody when he got here out with out the weapon after reinforcements had been known as to the scene.
The Kingman Police Division will conduct the investigation into the officer-involved capturing. It’s customary protocol to have an outdoor company examine an officer-involved capturing incident. The concerned deputy has been positioned on paid administrative go away throughout the investigation.
The investigation is ongoing, and the identify of the deputy shouldn’t be being launched presently.
Topock is about 120 miles south of Las Vegas, simply north of the place Interstate 40 crosses the Colorado River.
