Navajo Nation officer killed while responding to domestic call

By Jennifer Cruz

Navajo Nation Officer Houston James Largo, 27, was shot and killed over the weekend. (Photo: Officer.com)
An officer with the Navajo Nation Police Department died Sunday afternoon after he was shot the night before by a suspect while responding to a domestic call near Prewitt, New Mexico.
According to a press release by the Navajo Nation, Officer Houston James Largo, 27, passed away around 3 p.m. Sunday at an Albuquerque hospital. He was a decorated officer who had been with the department for four and a half years.
Largo was shot late Saturday night on a county road near Casamero Lake. While details surrounding the shooting are still a bit scarce, it appears Largo was responding to a call for help from a woman. That woman, according to a report from the Navajo Times, then called for additional help on Largo’s police radio after he was shot.
When additional law enforcement officers arrived on the scene, Largo was found lying on the road with his service weapon on the ground near his feet. Two shots, one of which was stopped by Largo’s bulletproof vest, had been fired from the gun.
Responding officers also found the woman who called for help handcuffed to the steering

Source: Guns.com