A DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING LEADS TO THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE BEING SUED. 25 YEAR OLD MARTIN JIM’S SIGNIFICANT OTHER , SHAWNTAY ORTIZ, FILED THE LAWSUIT AFTER JIM WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY DEPUTY JOSHUA MORA ON NOVEMBER 17TH.
JIM WAS A PASSENGER AT THE TIME IN A TRUCK DRIVEN BY ISAAC PADILLA, WHO WAS ALSO KILLED. THE SHOOTING FOLLOWED A CAR CHASE IN THE NORTH VALLEY. ORTIZ’S LAWYER, SAM BREGMAN, FILED THE LAWSUIT ON TUESDAY. IT ACCUSES THE DEPUTY OF ACTING RECKLESSLY WHEN HE SHOT JIM FIVE TIMES.
