AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES FOLLOWING A VIOLENT END TO A POLICE CHASE IN CHAVES COUNTY THAT LEFT A STATE POLICE SERGEANT WOUNDED. THE OFFICER WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND BUT HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED.
STATE POLICE SPOKESMAN EMMANUEL GUTIERREZ SAYS IT STARTED WHEN A MAN IN A VEHICLE TOOK OFF AFTER BEING APPROACHED BY AN OFFICER MONDAY MORNING. A PURSUIT ENSUED ON U-S 285 AND THE OFFICER CALLED FOR BACKUP. THE CHASE ENDED WHEN THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE WAS IMMOBILIZED.
THE SUSPECT IS IDENTIFIED AS 30 YEAR OLD CHRISTOVAL QUINTANA OF LOVINGTON. GUTIERREZ SAYS WHEN QUINTANA STARTED FIRING ON OFFICERS, THEY RETURNED FIRE AND HE WAS KILLED.
