IT’S A FIRST FOR RIO RANCHO P-D: AN OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. ONE PERSON IS IN CUSTODY IN MONDAY’S SHOOTING OF THE OFFICER. A SECOND SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE RUN.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED JUST AFTER 8:00 MONDAY NIGHT ON SOUTHERN AND PINETREE NEAR A PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE OFFICER HAD BEEN WITH RIO RANCHO P-D 4 YEARS … WAS AN AIR FORCE VETERAN AND WAS APPARENTLY SHOT DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. HE HAD PULLED OVER AN SUV WITH A MAN AND WOMAN INSIDE, BUT THEY FLED.
APD ALONG WITH STATE POLICE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES TOOK ONE PERSON INTO CUSTODY AT RIO BRAVO AND BROADWAY EARLY TUESDAY. NO WORD ON WHETHER IT WAS THE MAN OR THE WOMAN.
