STATE POLICE ARE RELEASING THE NAME OF THE MAN SHOT TO DEATH IN RUIDOSO BY LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS. HE WAS 27 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY JONES, AND IT’S STILL UNKNOWN IF JONES WAS ARMED AT THE TIME HE WAS SHOT.
JONES WAS KILLED WHEN RUIDOSO POLICE WERE SENT TO A HOME ON OTERO DRIVE AROUND 5:00 SUNDAY MORNING ON A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL. TWO OFFICERS ENTERED THE HOME AND MADE CONTACT WITH JONES. STATE POLICE SAY THERE WAS THEN A DISTURBANCE AND THE OFFICERS FIRED THEIR WEAPONS, HITTING JONES, WHO DIED ON SCENE.
THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS HAVEN’T BEEN RELEASED YET. THEY’RE ON STANDARD ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
