Man arrested in suspected murder of 7-year-old child on Colorado reservation

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Native American man has been arrested in connection with the suspected murder of a 7-year-old child on a Colorado reservation. open image in gallery Jeremiah Hight, 23, has been arrested following the shooting of a 7-year-old child on a reservation in Colorado Law enforcement authorities had been searching for Hight in the Oljato area since Saturday, December 21, with a $10,000 reward offered for information leading to his capture. In a video message after the shooting, tribal chairman Manuel Heart called the shooting “senseless” and urged people to let authorities investigate the shooting rather than retaliate on their own. Heart also said he was working on a resolution to request the federal government to hire more police officers for the reservation and another to ban shooting within either of the reservation’s two communities — Towaoc and White Mesa, Utah.