Video shows LEO pepper sprayed by man in OIS

By: Scott Buffon, The Arizona Daily Sun

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flagstaff Police Department has released the report detailing the officer-involved shooting on Route 66 that left Matthew Dearing, 52, with a gunshot wound in the neck.

Dearing was booked into the Coconino County Detention Facility with failure to appear, resisting arrest, and two counts of aggravated assault on Officer Nick Rubey that happened on April 8. The warrant that led to Dearing’s arrest was issued by the Flagstaff Municipal Courthouse, because he failed to appear in a disorderly conduct case in March, according to court records.

Northern Arizona University Police Department officers are leading the investigation into the use of force in the area of 2100 E. Route 66. Rubey has been an officer with the department for two and a half years and is currently on paid administrative leave pending the results of an investigation into the incident.

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