THREE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES ARE ON PAID LEAVE FOLLOWING A FATAL SHOOTING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. SHERIFF MANNY GONZALES SAYS ALL THREE FIRED THEIR WEAPONS, KILLING 31 YEAR OLD JOSEPH JARAMILLO. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AFTER DEPUTIES TRIED TO PULL OVER JARAMILLO’S PICKUP, AND IT STRUCK A MARKED UNIT.
TWO FEMALES WERE IN THE VEHICLE WITH JARAMILLO…ONE WAS SHOT IN THE LEG, THE OTHER SUSTAINED CUTS AND SCRAPES. BOTH WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.
GONZALES SAYS JARAMILLO HAD AN ACTIVE FELONY WARRANT FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY ALSO INCLUDES AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, AGGRAVATED BATTERY, CHILD ABUSE AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A FELON.
