A MAN DRIVING A RED PICKUP TRUCK WHO REFUSED TO STOP FOR A SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY EARLY TUESDAY ON I-25 NORTHBOUND NEAR TRAMWAY HAD TWO FELONY WARRANTS OUT ON HIM. A CAR CHASE ENSUED WITH 30 YEAR OLD MARVIN MAESTAS, AND STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS TELLS US BY THE TIME MAESTAS HAD CROSSED INTO SANTA FE COUNTY, THEY’D PUT OUT SPIKE STRIPS TO STOP HIM. HIS VEHICLE WAS DISABLED ON CERRILLOS ROAD.
BUT MAESTAS JUMPED OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND FLED ON FOOT. KASSETAS SAYS SHOTS WERE FIRED BY THE OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES. MAESTAS WAS KILLED BUT KASSETAS CAN’T SAY IF HE FIRED ON OFFICERS.
