Jeremiah Hight, the suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a child in Towaoc, was arrested at 3:52 p.m. Christmas Eve west of Oljato, Utah, by the Navajo Police Department K-9 unit and the Bureau of Indian Investigation.
The Navajo Police Department shared news of the arrest on Facebook, saying it started searching for Hight in Oljato on Saturday.
“Hight was taken into federal custody without incident,” the post said. “Thank you to each law enforcement agency in working collaboratively in keeping our communities safe.”
The FBI offered a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the “arrest and conviction” of the man suspected of shooting and killing a 7-year-old boy in Towaoc on Dec. 11.
The child, Zamias Lang, was killed in the early morning hours of Dec. 11 in a shooting “targeted at the residence.”
Hight, 23, was wanted on charges of murder in Indian Country, assault with a dangerous weapon and discharging a firearm during and in retaliation to crimes of violence.
The federal warrant was issued on Dec. 19, and Hight was considered armed and dangerous. The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement, NPD K-9 Unit and the Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations-Kayenta District.
Lang was a student in Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1. His funeral was Dec. 18.
This article was updated Dec. 25 to correct the spelling of the town Oljato, Utah.
