INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS ON MONDAY'S SHOOTING DEATH OF A MAN BY A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY. SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTED TO RELEASE THE SUSPECT'S NAME AND OTHER DETAILS ON THE SHOOTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE DEPUTY WAS SENT TO COORS AND GUN CLUB MONDAY ON REPORTS OF A MAN TRYING TO FORCE A WOMAN INTO HIS PICKUP. SHE ESCAPED AND GOT INTO A CAR THAT DROVE NORTH ON COORS, WHICH THE MAN CHASED AND RAMMED WITH HIS VEHICLE. SPOKESMAN AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS THE DEPUTY SAW THE MAN TRY TO RUN THE WOMAN AND HER FEMALE DRIVER OVER WHEN THEY FLED ON FOOT. THAT'S WHEN THE SUSPECT TURNED HIS VEHICLE TOWARD THE DEPUTY, RAMMING THE PATROL CAR AND TRAPPING THE DEPUTY INSIDE.
THE DEPUTY FIRED ONE SHOT. THE SUSPECT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT UNMH.
