VIDEO: Navajo Police Officer Killed by Man Holding Family Hostage

A man armed with an AR-15 held his family hostage and shot and killed a Navajo Nation police officer Thursday evening, the Native American tribal government said.

The suspect fled, and was shot to death hours later, reports CNN .

The slain officer, Alex Yazzie, was one of two Navajo Police officers shot after a domestic violence call came in around 4 p.m. (6 p.m. ET) Thursday, according to a statement from the Navajo Nation.

Yazzie had served in the U.S Marines before joining the Shiprock Police Department, Navajo Nation spokesman Rick Abasta said, reports the Arizona Republic .

The wounded officer is being treated in the Shiprock-Northern Navajo Medical Center. The officer's condition was not immediately known.