The Kansas man who was fatally shot by a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer in Oak Creek Canyon on Friday was not armed, according to a family attorney who has been in contact with the FBI.
Tyler Miller, 51, was traveling through Oak Creek Canyon to a spiritual retreat in Sedona when he “apparently lost control of his pickup truck and went off the road where his vehicle hit a large rock. It is unclear exactly what happened next, except to say that after Ty got out of his crashed vehicle, a U.S. Forest Service officer shot Ty near the scene of the accident,” stated a press release sent out by the law firm Bretz & Young. It attributed the sequence of events to the FBI. Efforts to contact the FBI directly have been unsuccessful.
State Route 89A was closed for several hours on Friday due to the shooting.
Miller owned TNT Bonding in Hutchinson, Kansas, and is survived by his wife of 28 years and their four sons.
He coached his son’s ball teams and was involved in various business ventures in the community, stated Amy Long, with Bretz & Young.
He was a “talented entrepreneur,” Long said.
She said she didn’t know if Miller was a native of Hutchinson and didn’t know if he had ever been to Arizona or the Sedona area before.
Comments posted on Facebook called Miller a generous person, a respectful businessman and an incredible man.
According to the FBI, it was determined the officer was injured and treated on the scene by EMS personnel. Miller was shot and transferred to a medical center and later declared deceased.
The investigation is ongoing, and no further information has been released at this time.
Post a comment as
Report
Watch this discussion.
(3) comments
Why are they hiding what happened.
Something is not right here. The feds have something to hide. It was a state highway and on concurrent jurisdiction, the county should have been lead on this case.
what happened???????
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.
Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.