“I will always take action whenever necessary to protect the Community’s youth, and I encourage all Community members to report any suspicious or criminal activity to the Gila River Police Department,” Lewis said in the statement posted on Instagram.
Stephen Roe Lewis, governor of the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix, declared a public safety emergency and instituted the nearly two-week curfew, which will run from 7 p.m. until 5 a.m. every night until March 9.
Last year, the tribe temporarily banned dances after a tribal police officer was fatally shot and another wounded while responding to a reported disturbance at a home in one of the tribal community’s seven districts.
A tribe in Arizona instituted a temporary curfew for members under 18 on Tuesday because of a recent increase in violent crime within the community.
The announcement came the same day there was a shooting within the community, according to a Facebook post by the Gila River Police Department.
