Yuma police investigating role of state senator in school confrontation

Sen. Don Shooter
Sen. Don Shooter

By Ben Giles | Arizona Capitol Times

Yuma Police have confirmed they are investigating a complaint that state Sen. Don Shooter went into a Yuma charter school and confronted a teacher.

Sgt. Leanne Worthen, a public affairs officer for the Yuma Police Department, told the Arizona Capitol Times that police were called at approximately 3 p.m. Friday with a report that a man had entered the EOC Charter School in Yuma and verbally confronted a teacher at approximately 9:30 a.m.

Worthen confirmed that the man in question was Shooter, R-Yuma. No arrests have been made and no charges have been filed against the senator, and the investigation into the incident remains open, Worthen said.

Shooter, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, declined to comment on the matter.

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