TWO MEN FROM RIO RANCHO DIE INSIDE A TRAILER AT THE K-O-A ON SOUTH HILL ROAD IN BERNALILLO, NOT FAR FROM I-25 AND U-S 550. POLICE SAY IT APPEARS 70 YEAR OLD FERNAND “FRED” LETE SHOT AND KILLED 55 YEAR OLD MICHAEL LAPLANTE SUNDAY EVENING. WHEN BERNALILLO POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A “SHOTS-FIRED” CALL THEY ENCOUNTERED LETE WHO WAS ARMED. THAT’S WHEN HE WAS SHOT BY ONE OF THE BERNALILLO OFFICERS. POLICE WERE ABLE TO ENTER THE CAMPER WHERE THEY FOUND LETE UNRESPONSIVE. E-M-S WAS CALLED BUT HE DIED ON SCENE. LAPLANTE WAS ALSO DEAD, APPARENTLY FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS. STATE POLICE SAY A 38 CALIBER REVOLVER WAS FOUND INSIDE THE TRAILER. THE INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING.
