ANOTHER VIGIL HELD IN ALAMOGORDO TUESDAY NIGHT FOR FALLEN POLICE OFFICER CLINT CORVINUS. HUNDREDS TURNED OUT FOR THE EVENT, HELD AT THE OTERO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. CANDLES WERE LIT TO HONOR AND SAY GOODBYE TO OFFICER CORVINUS … AND TO THANK HIM.
CORVINUS WAS SHOT TO DEATH DURING A TRAFFIC STOP INVOLVING SUSPECT JOSEPH MORENO, WHO POLICE SAY PULLED A .357 REVOLVER AND SHOT CORVINUS. ANOTHER OFFICER CHASED DOWN MORENO AND EVENTUALLY SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD, KILLING HIM AS WELL.
CORVINUS’ FUNERAL IS SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 O’CLOCK AT TAYS CENTER IN ALAMOGORDO.