FILE--In this March 16, 2017, file photo, family members of fallen Navajo Nation police officer Houston Largo wear blue in his honor and stand by to wait for his casket to be removed from the hearse during funeral services in Gallup, N.M. Largo, a Navajo Nation police officer, was shot while responding to a domestic violence call in remote New Mexico. Investigators say the man accused of killing Largo had spent the afternoon drinking and was intoxicated the night of the shooting. (Cayla Nimmo/Gallup Independent via AP, file)

The Latest: Suspect in Navajo officer’s death will be held

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Latest on the shooting death of a Navajo Nation police officer (all times local):

12 p.m.

A federal judge has determined there’s probable cause for prosecutors to pursue their case against a man accused of gunning down a police officer on the nation’s largest American Indian reservation.

Kirby Cleveland is charged with killing Navajo Nation Officer Houston James Largo on March 11 following what authorities call a drinking binge and domestic violence at the defendant’s home in western New Mexico.

Largo was responding to the call when he was shot. He later died from his injuries at a hospital.

Cleveland appeared Wednesday in court, where the judge ordered him held pending trial.

During his initial appearance a day earlier, Cleveland said yes when the judge asked if he understood the allegations in the criminal complaint. He has yet to enter a plea.

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