ONE SANTA FE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY IS DEAD AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING SHOT TO DEATH BY A FELLOW DEPUTY. IT HAPPENED AFTER DEPUTIES TAI CHAN AND JEREMY MARTIN WERE RETURNING FROM TAKING AN EXTRADITED PRISONER TO AN ARIZONA JAIL. SANTA FE SHERIFF ROBERT GARCIA SAYS THE TWO STARTED DRINKING AT THE DUBLIN STREET PUB IN LAS CRUCES … GOT INTO A HEATED ARGUMENT … THEN THE 27 YEAR OLD CHAN ALLEGEDLY SHOT MARTIN, WHO WAS 29. GARCIA SAYS IT WAS A HORRIBLE SHOCK GETTING THE NEWS FROM LAS CRUCES P-D. HE SAYS IT'S SOMETHING YOU'D NEVER EXPECT, ONE DEPUTY SHOOTING ANOTHER.
MARTIN DIED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. POLICE TRACKED CHAN DOWN ON THE STAIRS NEAR THE ROOF OF THE HOTEL ENCANTO WHERE THE TWO WERE STAYING … AND TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY.
