THE TWO MEN SHOT AND KILLED BY A BERNALILLO COUNTY DEPUTY ON NOVEMBER 17TH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 23 YEAR OLD ISAAC PADILLA AND 25 YEAR OLD MARTIN JIM. SHERIFF MANUEL GONZALES SAYS DEPUTY JOSHUA MORA FELT A THREAT, AND FIRED SEVEN SHOTS INTO A STOLEN VEHICLE FOLLOWING A CHASE THAT ENDED AT COORS AND GLEN RIO NORTHWEST. GONZALES SAYS THE THREAT WAS THAT PADILLA WAS NOT COMPLYING AND WAS DRIVING RECKLESSLY AND REVVING THE ENGINE.
PADILLA WAS THE DRIVER OF THE STOLEN TRUCK…JIM WAS A PASSENGER. TWO OTHERS IN THE VEHICLE WERE UNHURT AND NOT CHARGED. DEPUTY MORA IS THE SON OF UNDERSHERIFF RUDY MORA.
