Flagstaff Police Officer, Suspect Dead After Shooting

A 24-year-old Flagstaff, Arizona, rookie police officer was killed after being shot by a suspect in a domestic violence investigation on Saturday, the department said.

The suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Officer Tyler Jacob Stewart was shot in the face while following up on a domestic violence case at around 1:30 p.m. MT in the area of 800 block of West Clay Avenue. It appeared as if the suspect shot at Stewart multiple times before he turned the gun on himself, Sgt. Margaret Bentzen said.

Stewart was taken to Flagstaff Medical Center in critical condition and later died of his injuries, Bentzen told KNXV.

The suspect, identified by police as 28-year-old Robert W. Smith, was wanted for questioning in a domestic violence investigation, KSAZ reported.

Stewart had been with the department less than a year, the department told CBS News. Offering condolences to the family of Stewart, Flagstaff Police Chief Kevin Treadway said, “This is an enormous tragedy for our department and the family of our office.”

The Flagstaff Police Department’s spokesperson had not yet replied to inquiries from The Huffington Post.

The killing of Officer Stewart occurred hours after thousands gathered in New York City for the funeral of NYPD Police Officer Rafael Ramos, one of two NYPD officers shot and killed in an ambush last Saturday.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article erroneously stated that Smith came out of his home shooting while Stewart was in the car. Body camera footage later showed that this was not the case.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.