Suspect arrested in Colorado for assaulting federal officer on Navajo Nation

(KYMA, KECY)-A man wanted in connection to an assault on a federal officer on the Navajo Nation was taken into custody Sunday evening.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says Cecil Vijil, Jr. was walking along Highway 160, south of Towaoc, Colorado, on the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation when he was arrested.

The FBI says a special agent and a San Juan County Sheriff’s deputy went to Vijil’s home on the Navajo Nation, to investigate a crime. That’s when Vijil allegedly fired multiple rounds at the special agent and deputy.

No one was injured, according to authorities. Over the weekend, the FBI offered a reward of $5,000 for his arrest.

The FBI says Vijil is charged with Assault on a Federal Officer and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.