SHIPROCK — Two people being pursued by the Navajo Police Department fired at authorities at 4:53 pm, March 8, from a black Chevrolet Malibu while fleeing southbound on U. S. Highway 491.

They shots struck an officer’s windshield. Officers successfully deployed a tire deflation device rendering the suspects' vehicle inoperable, at which point, several shots were fired toward officers’ vehicles with the officers returning fire.

The officers were not harmed and the suspects were arrested without further incident.

Authorities had made contact with one of the two at a residence west of Shiprock, N.M. while checking into a March 7 homicide.

The case is currently under investigation with the Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, additional information will not be released at this time.

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