NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE ARE BEING CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN SAY CONCERNING THE STATE'S LATEST OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. ON SATURDAY, A TORRANCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND AN ESTANCIA POLICE OFFICER WERE INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE WHEN THEY CAME UNDER GUN FIRE. STATE POLICE SGT DAMYON BROWN SAYS THEY RETURNED FIRE, HITTING THE MAN.
BROWN TELLS US THE INVESTIGATIVE WORK HAS JUST BEGUN. HE SAYS THEY STILL HAVE TO CONDUCT SEVERAL INTERVIEWS SO THEY DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ON WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED UNTIL THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.
TWO OF THOSE INTERVIEWS WILL BE WITH THE OFFICER AND DEPUTY INVOLVED. THE MAN, WHO HAS NOT YET BEEN CHARGED, IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT U-N-M-H.
