A MAN SHOT AND KILLED DURING A CONFRONTATION WITH BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES LAST SUNDAY MORNING IS SAID TO HAVE BRANDISHED A GUN AT DEPUTIES BEFORE HE WAS SHOT. DEPUTIES SAY BILLY GRIMM HAD REACHED FOR A GUN IN HIS WAISTBAND WHILE THEY WERE INVESTIGATING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE NEAR TAPIA AND ARENAL SOUTHWEST INVOLVING GRIMM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND DESTINY CARDENAS. CARDENAS SAYS GRIMM DIDN’T HAVE A GUN.
DETECTIVES SAY THEY RECOVERED A LOADED, 45 CALIBER HAND GUN FROM THE TRUCK WHERE GRIMM WAS SEATED. GRIMM DIED FROM A SINGLE SHOT TO HIS CHEST.
