Winslow Police Officer Cleared in Death of 27-Year-Old Navajo Mother

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Published July 22, 2016

WINSLOW, ARIZONA—Winslow Police Officer Austin Shipley has been cleared in the death of Loreal Tsinigine, a young 27-year-old Navajo mother.

 

Tsinigine was shot five times on a sidewalk on Easter Sunday (March 27, 2016) after this year after she was stopped by Shipley as a shoplifting suspect at the local Circle K in Winslow, Arizona.

Shipley claims Tsingine had a pair of scissors in her hand and he had to defend himself.

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Officer Austin Shipley cleared in shooting death of young Navajo mother