A TEXAS STATE TROOPER SHOT AND WOUNDED A MAN THIS (MON) MORNING…BUT THE INCIDENT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO. IT WAS THE CULMINATION OF A POLICE PURSUIT WITH A MAN IDENTIFIED AS 33 YEAR OLD MARIO MONTES, THAT STARTED AROUND 6 AM IN AMARILLO…AND THEN HEADED WEST.
NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE SAY MONTES, WHO’S FROM AMARILLO, FIRES MULTIPLES TIMES AT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PURSUING HIM. DEPUTIES MANAGED TO SPIKE THE TIRES ON HIS FORD EXPLORER, AT WHICH POINT MONTES GOT OUT OF THE SUV AND RAN TOWARD OFFICERS, WITH HIS HANDGUN. HE FIRED AND HIT ONE POLICE VEHICLE. THE TEXAS STATE TROOPER RETURNED FIRE, HITTING MONTES IN THE ABDOMEN . HE’S NOW HOSPITALIZED.
THREE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE WERE ARRESTED.
