ALAMOGORDO RESIDENTS SHOWED THEIR SUPPORT OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND FOR SLAIN POLICE OFFICER CLINT CORVINUS. HE WAS SHOT TO DEATH LAST FRIDAY DURING A TRAFFIC STOP THAT BROUGHT HIM AND OTHER OFFICER IN CONTACT WITH 38 YEAR OLD JOSEPH MORENO … WHO PULLED A GUN ON THE OFFICERS. HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AND KILLED … BUT NOT BEFORE SHOOTING OFFICER CORVINUS TO DEATH.
STATE POLICE SPOKESPERSON ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS MORENO REACHED INTO A BAG AND PULLED OUT A .357 REVOLVER, POINTING IT AT THE OFFICERS. THE OTHER OFFICER SHOT MORENO, BUT NOT BEFORE CORVINUS WAS HIT. MORENO FLED AND THE OFFICER HAD TO FIRE SEVERAL TIMES AT HIM BEFORE SHOOTING HIM IN THE HEAD, KILLING HIM.
