In the pre-dawn hours of February 17, 2020, Officer David Kellywood, 26, of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, responded to a shots-fired call near the Hon-Dah Casino in Pinetop, Arizona. Kellywood, a nine-month member of the White Mountain Apache Police Department and a former detention officer with the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, encountered a man matching the suspect description and was fatally shot during a violent physical altercation at the scene.

A second officer arrived shortly afterward and shot the suspect, later identified as Jeremy Dwey. Both Kellywood and Dwey were taken to a nearby hospital, where they died of their injuries. The FBI assumed the investigation, which is standard for major violent crimes on tribal land. Kellywood is remembered as a compassionate husband and father of two young boys.

If anyone was in the Hon-Dah Casino area that morning or has information about the sequence of events, please come forward.