STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ANOTHER OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. THIS ONE HAPPENED ON AN EDDY COUNTY ROAD OFF U-S 285 AROUND 4:30 ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
STATE POLICE SAY EDDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND CARLSBAD POLICE INITIATED A PURSUIT OF A SUSPECT AFTER THE MAN IGNORED THEIR ATTEMPTS TO STOP HIM. WHEN THE CAR CHASE ENDED AND OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO ARREST THE MAN, SHOTS WERE FIRED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE SUSPECT WAS HIT AND HAS NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES THAT ARE BEING TREATED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.
STATE POLICE SAY THEY’LL RELEASE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AFTER THEY’VE COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION.
