STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED IN THE LOS CERRO MISSION AREA OF LOS LUNAS ON SATURDAY. VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING ON SAN RAFAEL DRIVE.
IT WAS SATURDAY MORNING WHEN DEPUTIES WERE CONDUCTING A STOLEN VEHICLE INVESTIGATION THERE WHEN AN ALTERCATION BROKE OUT BETWEEN THE DEPUTIES AND 40 YEAR OLD JOHN BAILON. AT LEAST ONE DEPUTY FIRED SHOTS AND BAILON WAS STRUCK. DEPUTIES TRIED TO SAVE HIS LIFE BUT HE DIED AT THE SCENE.
INTERVIEWS ARE BEING CONDUCTED. THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED WON’T BE RELEASED UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED.
