Deputy Involved Shooting in Otero County Not Fatal

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN OTERO COUNTY. IT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 14TH. DEPUTIES BEGAN THEIR PURSUIT OF A SILVER DODGE SEDAN THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN, BUT GAVE UP THE CHASE FOR SAFETY REASONS … THEN STARTED A SECOND PURSUIT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SPOTTED NORTH OF ALAMOGORDO.

TIRE DEFLATION DEVICES WERE EMPLOYED, BUT THE SUSPECT KEPT GOING UNTIL DEPUTIES FIRED ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH FINALLY STOPPED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF U-S 50/70. THE ONE PERSON IN THE VEHICLE WAS JAMES HILL, WHO TOOK A BULLET TO HIS ARM AND WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL.

HILL IS NOW IN THE OTERO COUNTY JAIL, CHARGED WITH RECEIVING OR TRANSPORTING A STOLEN VEHICLE, AGGRAVATED FLEEING, RESISTING OR EVADING AN OFFICER AND DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE.

THE DEPUTIES NAMES HAVEN’T BEEN RELEASED YET.

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