RIO RANCHO RESIDENTS HONOR 49 YEAR OLD POLICE OFFICER GREGG BENNER TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL. BENNER … A FOUR YEAR VETERAN OF THE FORCE ,,, WAS SHOT AND KILLED MONDAY NIGHT. HE HAD A WIFE AND FIVE ADULT CHILDREN.
POLICE SAY BENNER WAS SHOT AFTER MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP NEAR SOUTHERN BOULEVARD AND PINETREE ROAD SOUTHEAST IN RIO RANCHO. POLICE CHIEF MICHAEL GEIER SAYS THE SUSPECT, 28 YEAR OLD ANDREW ROMERO, WAS LATER ARRESTED IN ALBUQUERQUE.
NO OTHER SUSPECTS ARE BEING SOUGHT.
