A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS ON PAID LEAVE AFTER A SHOOTING IN THE SOUTH VALLEY SUNDAY. SERGEANT AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS THEY WERE SENT TO TAPIA AND ARENAL AROUND 3 AM IN REFERENCE TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE AND SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE. THEY FOUND THE VEHICLE ABANDONED … BUT THEN A SECOND VEHICLE SHOWED UP DRIVEN BY A FEMALE WITH A MALE PASSENGER.
HE SAYS THE WOMAN SPOKE TO THE DEPUTIES, BUT WHEN THEY TRIED TO TALK TO THE MALE, HE WAS UNCOOPERATIVE. THE MALE AT ONE POINT BRANDISHED A FIREARM. WILLIAMSON SAYS THAT’S WHEN DEPUTIES SHOT THE MAN, AT LEAST ONCE.
THE MAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT UNM HOSPITAL. HIS NAME WON’T BE RELEASED UNTIL AN AUTOPSY CONFIRMS HIS I-D.
