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Police shooting under investigation

Updated: Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 12:33 PM MDT
Published : Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 10:27 AM MDT

BENT, N.M. (KRQE) - What started as a domestic violence call ended in an officer involved shooting in southern New Mexico.

The incident occurred around 9 p.m. Tuesday in Bent, New Mexico.

State police say Tad Wood, 44, rammed a woman's car from behind, then broke into her house, took a gun and took off.

She called the Otero County deputies, who caught up with Wood at a church.

Police say he then rammed a sheriff's cruiser and Sergeant Geraldine Martinez fired a rifle at him.

Wood was taken into custody and is now at the University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.

No word on his condition.


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