A STATE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING ALONG NEW MEXICO’S BORDER ON WEDNESDAY … BUT THE SUSPECT WASN’T HIT. STATE COPS AND THE DONA ANA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WERE CALLED TO ASSIST THE U-S BORDER PATROL WITH A VEHICLE PURSUIT AROUND 7:40 WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER A GREY NISSAN VEHICLE WITH A STOLEN LICENSE PLATE GOT AWAY FROM BORDER PATROL. TIRE DEFLATION DEVICES WERE USED WHEN THE PURSUIT MOVED ONTO I-25, BUT THE DRIVER AVOIDED THOSE AND CONTINUED GOING SOUTH IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES.
THE DRIVER TRIED TO AVOID MORE DEFLATION DEVICES BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND CRASHED. LEWIS C. DELGADO OF ANTHONY WAS ARRESTED AND HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES. HE’S NOW CHARGED WITH FOUR 4TH DEGREE FELONIES.
