THE INVESTIGATION INTO SUNDAY’S OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ROSWELL CONTINUES. THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE SUSPECT … JOSE MONTELONGO … STARTED AFTER OFFICERS TRIED CONTACTING HIM, BUT MONTELONGO LED THEM ON A CHASE INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA. SWAT WAS CALLED IN BUT STATE POLICE SAY OFFICERS THOUGHT MONTELONGO SHOT AT THEM. POLICE SAY HE HAD A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE AND A HANDGUN.
HE WAS SHOT THREE TIMES BUT HIS WOUNDS ARE NON-LIFE THREATENING. MONTELONGO HASN’T BEEN CHARGED YET BUT THAT WILL LIKELY CHANGE ONCE STATE POLICE COMPLETE THEIR INVESTIGATION.
