Post by anewme on Feb 1, 2009 14:47:45 GMT -6
Canyon standoffTwo Otero County Sheriff's deputies injured in shootout
Alamogordo Daily News
By Duane Barbati, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/31/2009 12:00:00 AM MST
Click photo to enlargeA member of the New Mexico State Patrol Tactical Team rides on the... (J.R. Oppenheim/Daily News)«1»Southern New Mexico SWAT teams continued their standoff late Friday with the occupants of a home 10 miles northeast of Alamogordo after an Otero County Sheriff's deputy was shot at while trying to serve an eviction notice around 11 a.m. on Lower Cottonwood Canyon Road, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Otero County Sheriff's Deputy John Dalton said negotiators from the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Department and the Las Cruces Police Department were talking to the occupants.
"We have SWAT from Doña Ana," Dalton said. "They (the people in the house) were shooting at officers with rifles. There's been all kinds of information coming from inside the house because we've had conversations with the occupants. We've also had observations from officers around the house."
Dalton said investigators are trying to determine which information is accurate after the standoff is finished.
"We've had negotiators talking to the people in the home since noon," Dalton said. "Negotiators are still in the process of talking to the occupants."
Capt. Leon Ledbetter, of the Otero County Sheriff's Department, said two deputies were injured by flying glass after a windshield was shot by someone firing a weapon from inside the home.
"They hadn't even gotten up to the house yet (to serve the eviction papers)," Dalton said. "That's when shots started coming from the house."
Deputies drove up to the gate around 11:15 a.m., he said. The Otero County Sheriff's Department is not releasing
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the names of the occupants of the home at this time. Dalton said there is more than one and less than five people still in the home.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents, New Mexico Department of Public Safety, Doña Ana County Sheriff's Department and New Mexico State Police initially responded to the area of Laborcita Canyon and Lower Cottonwood Canyon roads after the shots were fired.
Las Cruces Police Department and the state police stationed armored vehicles around the perimeter of the house during the standoff.
Alamogordo Daily News
By Duane Barbati, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/31/2009 12:00:00 AM MST
Click photo to enlargeA member of the New Mexico State Patrol Tactical Team rides on the... (J.R. Oppenheim/Daily News)«1»Southern New Mexico SWAT teams continued their standoff late Friday with the occupants of a home 10 miles northeast of Alamogordo after an Otero County Sheriff's deputy was shot at while trying to serve an eviction notice around 11 a.m. on Lower Cottonwood Canyon Road, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Otero County Sheriff's Deputy John Dalton said negotiators from the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Department and the Las Cruces Police Department were talking to the occupants.
"We have SWAT from Doña Ana," Dalton said. "They (the people in the house) were shooting at officers with rifles. There's been all kinds of information coming from inside the house because we've had conversations with the occupants. We've also had observations from officers around the house."
Dalton said investigators are trying to determine which information is accurate after the standoff is finished.
"We've had negotiators talking to the people in the home since noon," Dalton said. "Negotiators are still in the process of talking to the occupants."
Capt. Leon Ledbetter, of the Otero County Sheriff's Department, said two deputies were injured by flying glass after a windshield was shot by someone firing a weapon from inside the home.
"They hadn't even gotten up to the house yet (to serve the eviction papers)," Dalton said. "That's when shots started coming from the house."
Deputies drove up to the gate around 11:15 a.m., he said. The Otero County Sheriff's Department is not releasing
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the names of the occupants of the home at this time. Dalton said there is more than one and less than five people still in the home.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents, New Mexico Department of Public Safety, Doña Ana County Sheriff's Department and New Mexico State Police initially responded to the area of Laborcita Canyon and Lower Cottonwood Canyon roads after the shots were fired.
Las Cruces Police Department and the state police stationed armored vehicles around the perimeter of the house during the standoff.