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Report: Man who ran over, killed police officer was armed with broken bottle, ‘high on meth’

Report: Man who ran over, killed police officer was armed with broken bottle, ‘high on meth’ 1

WHY, AZ – On August 27th, Tohono O’odham Nation Police Officer Bryan Brown was killed in the line of duty by a suspect that had allegedly weaponized the officer’s very own patrol car.

Now, new details on the case have emerged that allege the suspect had been awake for days on methamphetamine and was armed with a broken bottle as a weapon.

The death of Officer Brown was preceded by authorities being called out to an area near the Desert Diamond Casino on August 27th after reports came in regarding person driving erratically that was armed.

That suspect was later identified as Carlos Maximilliano Galvan, according to TOPD officials. Reports of the incident say that Officer Brown had tried to approach Galvan, which the suspect later produced the broken bottle.

Officer Brown went to create distance from the suspect, at which point the suspect jumped into Officer Brown’s patrol vehicle and started to drive off.

Border Patrol were also on the scene to assist TOPD with apprehending Galvan at the time.

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Galvan is then said to have turned the patrol vehicle around and started driving directly toward Officer Brown and the marked Border Patrol vehicle on site. The suspect was said to have drove into the Border Patrol vehicle so hard that the unit spun around.

Thereafter, officials say that Galvan started driving toward Officer Brown directly – striking him and running him over. Officer Brown was said to have fired his service weapon toward Galvan before being hit and run over.

The suspect was said to have tried fleeing the scene before encountering two more marked Border Patrol units, which Galvan was said to have also struck those two vehicles as well.

Lieutenant Cook of the TOPD had eventually arrived to help pursue Galvan alongside the USBP, and authorities were finally able to arrest the suspect.

After Officer Brown was struck, a helicopter was immediately called in for the officer where he was then transported over to a hospital located in Phoenix. However, the officer succumbed to his injuries after arrival at the hospital.

Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris, Jr. stated the following after hearing about the death of Officer Brown:

“This is a sad day for the Tohono O’odham Nation, and our hearts go out to the family and friends of this fine officer who gave his life in the line of duty. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.”

Galvan allegedly told police that he had been awake for several days while being high on meth when Officer Brown was killed. The suspect is currently facing charges in relation to the murder of the officer.  

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Unfortunately, we also lost another officer in St. Louis, Missouri recently. 

The officer ambushed and shot in the head on August 29th has died, police have confirmed to Law Enforcement Today.

Tamarris L. Bohannon, 29, passed away at SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital.  He had been with the department for nearly four years. 

His partner who was shot in the leg has been released from the hospital.

Police reported that the suspect was taken into custody around 5am on the 30th after being barricaded in a residence for almost 12 hours. 

Police advised that there were no additional shots fired and reported no other officers injured during the situation.  Police have not released many details as to how the suspect was taken into custody.

St Louis Police Chief John Hayden reported that these two officers are the 7th and 8th to be shot since June 1st of this year in the city.  Hayden said:

“Naturally, it’s very disturbing.  We’re just trying to do our jobs and so our officers cope.  We comfort one another.  We seek assistance from counseling but, at the end of the day, we’re trying to cope through a very trying summers.  It just seems very difficult, very difficult.”

Hayden added:

“Our officers have been going through a lot this summer, as you know.  We’ve had a surge in violence.  These officers, all they’re trying to do is do their job and help a person that’s wounded, and they come under gunfire themselves.” 

The initial call happened on the 29th as officers responded to a report of gunshots around 6pm.  Officers were searching for a possible gunshot victim in the area when the initial shots were fired at them. 

Upon their arrival, the suspect began firing on them, striking one in the head and the other in the leg as he was attempting to rescue the downed officer. 

The suspect fled the initial scene and went to a residence where he ordered all of the occupants out at gunpoint.  The man then barricaded himself inside the home.

SWAT officers responded to the scene and the people inside the Hartford area were told to shelter inside their homes.  Hostage negotiators began their attempts at getting the suspect outside without any further harm. 

Residents in the area advise they heard several loud popping noises between 8pm which lasted on and off until roughly 9:30pm.  It is unknown if those loud popping noises were gunshots or not.

Residents said that officers were attempting to talk the suspect out of the home on a bullhorn or loud speaker.  One resident reported hearing the police saying:

“Come on, son, you have a wife and kid…you gotta come out.” 

It is apparent that these initial attempts failed.  At some point, police did utilize tear gas which was fired into the residence; however, it is unclear at what point in the standoff that occurred.  We do know that the suspect did eventually surrender on the 30th. 

Hayden said:

“While they’re on the scene, they hear shots, and our first officer, who is very critically injured, and when I say very critically injured, he’s very critically injured, he was shot.  He has a head wound.  And that officer is down.

“As our brave officers were trying to get him secured, other officers responded to the scene, and another one of our officers was shot in the leg.  Both are at area hospitals.  Doctors are working feverishly to assist them.”

A resident in the area, Matt Miller, told the St Louis Post Dispatch that he estimated over 70 officers that had responded to the area during the incident.  The officers formed a perimeter around the area and closed down the roadways to keep innocent people out of harms way. 

Missouri Republican Governor and former law enforcement officer Mike Parson said on Twitter:

“Two @SLMPD officers were shot by a gunman tonight while protecting St Louis citizens, and they are now hospitalized.  Teresa & I are praying for the officers and their families.  Chief Hayden said this makes eight STL officers shot since June.  This violence must end!  #BackTheBlue.”

A statement from Bohannon’s family says he is survived by a wife, Alexis, and three children.

Bohnannon came to be “affectionately known” by his District Two squad as “Bo.”

“The loss of this great man is felt deeply within the St. Louis community and we ask for your prayers and support in the days ahead,” the statement read.

Mayor Lyda Krewson said she was “heartbroken” at Bohannon’s death, and that Bohannon’s family is “immensely proud of the way he selflessly served and protected our community with distinction and honor for more than three years.”

“This is a horrific reminder of the dangers our brave men and women willingly face everyday to keep us safe,” Krewson said in her statement on Sunday.

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