On April 14, 1983, 30-year-old Milton Paul Antone, chief of the Ak-Chin Tribal Police Department, was shot and killed while assisting the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. The call was to investigate possible child abuse at a farm eight miles southwest of Maricopa. Chief Antone, who had served on the force for eight years and as chief for eight months, arrived about 12:30 p.m. A man who was not the original child abuse suspect produced a .38 caliber revolver and aimed it at another officer. In the exchange of gunfire Chief Antone was struck once and killed. The man who fired at officers was shot and killed by another officer at the scene and was believed to be an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. The original child abuse suspect was not involved in the shooting. Chief Antone was survived by his mother, three sisters, and five brothers.

Did anyone in the area know Chief Antone or have information about the incident that afternoon?