Sedona Red Rock News
A Sedona police officer was injured and a suspect was shot following a reported auto theft, in what is now the department’s second officer-involved shooting of the year. Both the officer and suspect were transported to Verde Valley Medical Center on Cottonwood as a result of their injuries.
The suspect who was shot was identified Monday as Michael Paul Bergsma, of Cooks Mich., and formerly of Walker and Grand Rapids, Mich.
Michael Paul Bergsma, 37, was reportedly shot during the arrest
Michael Paul Bergsma, 37, was reportedly shot during the arrest
According to Sedona Police Chief Charles Husted, on Sunday, Dec. 20, at 10:31 a.m., a call from staff members of the Sedona Airport terminal reported that three adults two men and one woman reportedly went through the airport terminal and onto the tarmac portion and allegedly stole one of the airport-owned trucks and then drove it on the tarmac.