THE DEPUTY INVOLVED IN LAST TUESDAY’S DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING INCIDENT IN THE SOUTH VALLEY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CHARLES COGGINS. BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF MANNY GONZALES SAYS THIS WAS THE THIRD SHOOTING FOR COGGINS THIS YEAR. HE SAYS COGGINS WORKS THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT AND HAS DONE SO FOR QUITE A WHILE.
IN THIS LATEST INCIDENT, COGGINS FIRED FIVE TIMES AT A MAN IDENTIFIED AS J-C PARALES WHO APPEARED TO BE ARMED WITH A GUN. NO ONE WAS HIT.
PARALES HAD MULTIPLE FELONY WARRANTS OUT AND HAS BEEN BOOKED OVER 40 TIMES INTO THE M-D-C SINCE 1998.
