SURVEILLANCE VIDEO RELEASED BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WEDNESDAY SHOWS 28 YEAR OLD MANUEL FLORES T-BONING DEPUTY SAM RODRIGUEZ'S PATROL CAR WITH HIS PICKUP TRUCK JUST MOMENTS BEFORE BEING SHOT TO DEATH BY THE DEPUTY. RODRIGUEZ, WHO WAS PINNED IN THE VEHICLE AFTER IT WAS RAMMED NEAR COORS AND GUN CLUB, SHOT FLORES AFTER THE MAN GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND RAISED HIS HANDS.
RODRIGUEZ HAD BEEN SENT TO THE SCENE AFTER 911 GOT CALLS ABOUT FLORES TRYING TO FORCE A WOMAN INTO HIS TRUCK. THAT WOMEN WAS FLORES' GIRLFRIEND, WHO HE ARGUED WITH THINKING SHE'S CHEATED ON HIM. SHE MANAGED TO GET AWAY IN ANOTHER CAR, BUT FLORES RAMMED THAT VEHICLE TOO, AND TRIED TO RUN HIS GIRLFRIEND OVER WHEN SHE FLED ON FOOT.
