Published in the Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona, Sunday, January 25, 2004
Authorities ID Motorist Fatally Shot By Deputy
SELIGMAN – A motorist shot dead January 8, 2004 when he tried to run down a Yavapai County sheriff’s deputy was identified Tuesday as Seligman resident Uve Herbert Reesh, 45.
The shooting took place while deputies were investigating the hit-and-run traffic death of William James Verner, 51, also of Seligman.
Reesh, a suspect in Verner’s death, was shot in the Bridge Canyon area when he tried to run down a deputy with his vehicle, ignoring commands to stop, authorities said.
The entire incident remains under investigation, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said.