WE EXPECT TO LEARN MORE TODAY (MON) AFTER SUNDAY AFTERNOON’S DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING IT’S 4TH SUCH SHOOTING SINCE JULY 4TH. AND SHERIFF MANNY GONZALEZ HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY TO UPDATE US.
GONZALEZ SAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR DEPUTIES AS WELL AS CITIZENS.
DEPUTIES WERE SENT TO A HOME IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEAR ROBERTS AND FROST ROADS WHERE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION WAS UNDERWAY AND A SUBJECT WAS SAID TO BE ARMED. ONE FAMILY MEMBER WAS AT THE HOME AND HAD A SHOTGUN WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED. SHOTS WERE FIRED AND THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS A SUSPECT IN HIS 20S WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THAT PERSON WAS LATER TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
NO DEPUTIES WERE INJURED. THE SHERIFF SAYS FOUR OR FIVE DEPUTIES COULD BE PUT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
