The Bullhead City Police Department is continuing to investigate the officer-involved shooting that occurred in Kingman. On Thursday, September 29 at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Kingman Police Department executed a search warrant for stolen property at a residence in the 1700 block of Miami Avenue and in the process shot and killed 53-year-old Jeffrey Clair Cave.
The body cam video shows Cave brandishing a gun toward officers. An police officer was shot as well as Cave who was later pronounced dead at the scene. The police officer, Detective Dennis Gilbert, 57, remains in the hospital in serious, but stable condition.
The search warrant that Kingman Police executed at Cave’s residence was for a stolen firearm where Cave was listed as the suspect. The firearm that Cave discharged at officers was not the stolen firearm. Cave was the only person at the residence at the time of the search warrant.
Both Detective Gilbert and Detective Nicholas Schmitz, 27, have been placed on routine paid administrative leave. This is customary in an officer-involved shooting incident. Detectives Gilbert and Schmitz both fired their duty weapons during the incident.
Lieutenant James Brice, 58, had one bullet pass through his clothing; however, he was not injured. The officers involved were wearing tactical ballistic body armor and gear during the search warrant.
Detective Gilbert has worked for the Kingman Police Department for 17 years. He served 20 years in the United States Marine Corps before retiring to work for the Kingman Police Department.
Detective Schmitz has worked for the Kingman Police Department for 3.5 years. He previously worked for the Flagstaff Police Department for 2.5 years.
Lieutenant Brice has worked for the Kingman Police Department for 25 years.