New Mexico police officer dies following traffic stop shooting

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A northwestern New Mexico constabulary serviceman has died, respective days aft being critically injured erstwhile a antheral opened occurrence during a postulation stop

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A constabulary serviceman from northwestern New Mexico has died, respective days aft being critically injured erstwhile a antheral opened occurrence during a postulation stop.

Law enforcement agencies gathered Sunday to escort the assemblage of Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros from an Albuquerque hospital, wherever helium had undergone aggregate surgeries implicit caller days.

Ontiveros had pulled implicit a antheral for a postulation usurpation connected Memorial Day. Authorities said the antheral refused to rotation down his model oregon supply identification. After negotiations failed, officers opted to apprehension him and broke a model to instrumentality him into custody.

The antheral subsequently began shooting, hitting Ontiveros and narrowly missing a 2nd serviceman astatine the scene. That serviceman returned fire, striking and sidesplitting the suspect. Authorities said the antheral had a grounds that included erstwhile arrests for assault, trespassing, resisting an serviceman and threatening infirmary staff.

Ontiveros, 33, antecedently worked for the Farmington Police Department and was a unpaid firefighter for the neighboring assemblage of Aztec. A GoFundMe leafage was acceptable up to assistance his family.

“In his abbreviated clip with the agency, helium demonstrated kindness, professionalism, and dedication to the information of the assemblage helium served,” Bloomfield Police Chief Phillip Francisco said Sunday successful a societal media post.

Ontiveros had joined Bloomfield constabulary successful December. Francisco asked for the community's enactment arsenic the section navigated what helium called a tremendous loss.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham besides mourned the nonaccomplishment of the officer.

“His decease is simply a heartbreaking reminder of the dangers our instrumentality enforcement officers look each azygous day,” she said successful a connection Sunday.