ANOTHER OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING BEING INVESTIGATED IN NEW MEXICO … THIS TIME IN PORTALES. STATE POLICE WERE ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THE SHOOTING LAST MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH.
THE SHOOTING OCCURRED SHORTLY BEFORE NOON AT AT COTTONWOOD PLACE, WHERE THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO FLIP OVER A CAR WITH A FRONT-END-LOADER. DEPUTIES LOCATED 48 YEAR OLD SUSPECT JAMES WALLACE MCFARLIN BUT GOT INTO A CAR CHASE WITH HIM. MCFARLIN, STILL DRIVING THE FRONT-END-LOADER, REFUSED TO STOP, DRIVING THROUGH THREE FENCES AND INTO AN OPEN FIELD.
SHERIFF MALIN PARKER SAYS MCFARLIN NEARLY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THE DRIVER INSIDE. HE WAS SHOT WHEN HE UPPED HIS SPEED. HE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. HE DIED LATER AT THE HOSPITAL.
