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Name Withheld

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 01/16/2026

Location : 10400 block of Dome Street

City : Wellton

County : Yuma

State : Arizona

Agency : Wellton Police Department

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On the morning of 01/16/2026 at approximately 4:55 a.m., officers with the Wellton Police Department in southwest Arizona responded to reports of a stabbing on Dome Street. Upon arrival, the situation escalated into an officer-involved shooting when an individual engaged with responding officers. Law enforcement discharged their duty weapons, striking the person, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said no officers were injured during the incident. The Yuma Regional Critical Incident Response Team assumed the investigation and is conducting an independent review of the shooting. Authorities have not released the identity of the deceased, and no further details about the circumstances that led to the shooting have been publicly disclosed.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.kold.com/video/2026/01/16/1-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-east-yuma/
https://kyma.com/news/top-stories/2026/01/16/one-person-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-wellton/
https://www.azfamily.com/2026/01/16/1-dead-after-police-shooting-southwest-arizona/