On December 3, 2021, a verbal argument near the 1400 block of Elva Drive in Gallup, New Mexico, ended in gunfire. Fifty-year-old Russell Shack was shot during the confrontation and was taken to a local hospital, where he later died of his injuries that same day.

Witnesses at the scene identified 27-year-old Amber Yazzie as the person who pulled out a firearm and shot Shack. Yazzie fled the area; police described her as about 5 feet 2 inches, roughly 138 pounds, with a distinctive facial tattoo. A weeklong search included efforts on the nearby Navajo reservation.

In the pre-dawn hours of December 10, 2021, Gallup police and narcotics agents located Yazzie. She tried to flee in a vehicle but was arrested without further incident north of the city on the Navajo reservation with assistance from Navajo Nation Police and the McKinley County Sheriff’s Department, then turned over to the FBI to face charges related to Shack’s death.

Does anyone have information about the incident or the people involved that could help clarify what happened that night?