MORE ON SUNDAY MORNING’S OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN RUIDOSO WHEN A COP SHOT TWO PEOPLE AFTER BEING SENT TO A HOME ON TIMBERLINE DRIVE ON A “BURGLARY IN PROGRESS” CALL.
AFTER OFFICERS ARRIVED, TWO SUSPECTS CLIMBED INTO DIFFERENT CARS AND TRIED TO GET AWAY. THE FIRST SUSPECT IN A FORD MUSTANG DROVE INTO THE OFFICER, WHO FIRED AND HIT 28 YEAR OLD SUSPECT JOHNATHAN BROWNELL. 31 YEAR OLD MARLYSA SANCHEZ ALSO DROVE INTO THE OFFICER AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN. SHE WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
BROWNELL TRIED TO FLEE, BUT SLAMMED INTO ANOTHER COP CAR AND WAS ARRESTED. HE’S IN STABLE CONDITION AT AN EL PASO HOSPITAL. HE’S CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON A PEACE OFFICER, RECEIVING OR TRANSFERRING A STOLEN VEHICLE, AND OTHER CHARGES.
