A MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 37 YEAR OLD ISAAC PINEDA. STATE POLICE, WHO ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, SAY PINEDA WAS SHOT AFTER HE POINTED A RIFLE AT DEPUTIES AS THEY INVESTIGATED A REPORT OF A STOLEN FIREARM IN LOS LUNAS. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
THE DEPUTIES INVOLVED HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED.
STATE POLICE SAY PINEDA HAD AN EXTENSIVE AND VIOLENT CRIMINAL HISTORY THAT INCLUDED KIDNAPPING, BATTERY ON A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER, DRUG POSSESSION AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR.
