EVEN THOUGH THE INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING, NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE TELL US THEY’VE DETERMINED A KEY ASPECT REGARDING THE DEATHS OF TWO MEN AT A CAMPGROUND IN BERNALILLO IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. STATE POLICE LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO TELLS US THE SITUATION INVOLVED AN BERNALILLO POLICE OFFICER WHO OPENED FIRE ON A SUSPECT WHO WAS ARMED. THE AUTOPSY FOUND NONE OF THE ROUNDS FIRED BY THE OFFICER STRUCK ANY OF THE MEN INSIDE.
SHE SAYS 70 YEAR OLD FERNAND “FRED” LETE SHOT AND KILLED 55 YEAR OLD MICHAEL LAPLANTE AT THE K-O-A IN BERNALILLO. IT IS THOUGHT THE KILLING WAS THE RESULT OF LAPLANTE HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH LETE’S EX-WIFE. BOTH MEN WERE HOT-AIR BALLOON PILOTS.
