WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT LEAD UP TO AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING ON APRIL 7TH. STATE POLICE SAY OFFICER CALVIN BROWN HAD PULLED OVER A VEHICLE HEADING EAST ON I-40 EARLY THAT MORNING. AT ONE POINT DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP, OFFICER BROWN ENTERED THE VEHICLE TO REMOVE THE DRIVER, 33 YEAR OLD STEPHEN THOMPSON. AT THAT POINT THOMPSON DROVE OFF WITH THE OFFICER IN THE VEHICLE.
THE MEN AND A WOMAN IN THE CAR BEGAN TO FIGHT, RESULTING IN OFFICER BROWN SHOOTING THOMPSON IN THE ABDOMEN. HE IS RECOVERING AT A HOSPITAL IN GALLUP.
CHARGES AGAINST THOMPSON INCLUDE BATTERY UPON A POLICE OFFICER AND INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA . 50 POUNDS OF POT WERE FOUND IN THE VEHICLE. THE WOMAN IN THE CAR, 20 YEAR OLD KIERA JOHNSON OF DEL CITY , OKLAHOMA, FACES SIMILAR CHARGES.
