HIGHWAY 4 NEAR JEMEZ SPRINGS IS BACK OPEN MONDAY AFTER SUNDAY'S DRAMATIC CHASE OUT OF RIO RANCHO. POLICE SPOKESPERSON JANET GARCIA SAYS OFFICERS PURSUED THREE SUSPECTS IN A WHITE S-U-V FOLLOWING AN ARMED ATM ROBBERY AROUND 10-AM.
DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR, THE TWO MEN AND ONE WOMAN HEADED NORTH ON UNSER TO HIGHWAY 550 … THEN ON TO HIGHWAY 4 TOWARDS JEMEZ SPRINGS. THEY ALLEGEDLY FIRED ON OFFICERS, WHO FIRED BACK. ONE SUSPECT WAS SHOT IN THE ARM. NONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS HIT. THE TRIO FINALLY DITCHED THE SUV AND TRIED TO FLEE ON FOOT, BUT WAS CAPTURED A SHORT TIME LATER.
THE SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED AS 30 YEAR OLD PATRICK MORAN OF ALBUQUERQUE, 30 YEAR OLD PATRICIA, BACA OF CUBA, NEW MEXICO, AND 29 YEAR OLD KEVIN NGYUEN OF ALBUQUERQUE, WHO'S BEING TREATED AND IS UNDER GUARD AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. MORAN, BACA, AND NGYUEN FACE CHARGES THAT INCLUDE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER, ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A VIOLENT FELONY , AND SHOOTING AT OR FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE.
BACA ALSO FACES A CHILD ABUSE CHARGE. STATE POLICE SERGEANT MANNY GUTIERRREZ TELLS 770 KKOB THE CHARGE STEMS FROM A TEENAGER BEING IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE SUSPECTS.
