Officer-Involved Shooting Outside of Albuquerque

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING MONDAY INVOLVING SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, MELISCO GALLEGOS, A SUSPECT IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT, ALLEGEDLY RAMMED THREE PATROL VEHICLES WITH HIS PICKUP WHILE THE DEPUTIES WERE INSIDE THE CARS. ONE OF THE DEPUTIES THEN FIRED FROM INSIDE HIS VEHICLE, HITTING THE PICKUP.

THERE WAS A SHORT FOOT CHASE, AND GALLEGOS WAS ARRESTED. THE 25 YEAR OLD IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER, CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE AND RESISTING ARREST.

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