The New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau is stepping in to investigate after a Gallup Police Officer reportedly shot a man Dec. 10.

According to a NMSP press release, a 21-year-old man from Gallup named Jeremiah Gomez was asked to leave a residence and refused to do so. In an interview with the Sun, Jeremiah’s father David Gibson said his son was trying to get back into the house where he lived.

David said that Jeremiah had spent the day with his mother and drank a couple beers. When he went back home to his girlfriend and their two-month-old baby, his girlfriend reportedly wouldn’t let him into the house and she called the police.

Investigations Bureau agents learned that...

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Jerry Coho

Dec. 11, 3:53 pm

Aggravated DWI (Third)

Urinating in public along the road led to a Ramah man, Jerry Coho, 59, being arrested and charged with his third DWI.

New Mexico State Police Patrolman Merlin Benally was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 491 when he saw a man standing outside a black passenger car pulled off the north lane urinating toward vehicles that were traveling northbound. Benally turned around as two people  were getting back into the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop near mile marker 3.

He met the driver, Coho, through the passenger window. Coho said his passengers needed to use the restroom so he pulled over to let them...

The New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau is investigating a shooting at 6 CRB 29D that occurred in Villanueva, New Mexico Dec. 12.

According to a Dec. 14 press release, Investigations Bureau agents learned at approximately 7:15 p.m., New Mexico State Police officers were called to 6 CRB 29D in reference to a shooting which had just occurred. When officers arrived, they observed a male lying face down on the ground with a wound consistent with a gunshot.

The deceased male was identified as Alejandro Rodriguez, 39. Investigators learned that earlier in the day, Gary Hicks, 59, of Ribera, N.M. and a 43-year-old male were returning from cutting wood when the male observed...

Jason Peters

Aug. 20, 2:47 pm

DWI (Third)

Swerving across lanes on a divided highway led to a Gallup man, Jason Peters, 44, being stopped and eventually arrested and charged with his third DWI.

New Mexico State Police Patrolman Joe Roanhorse was traveling westbound on Highway 118 when a black Ford Explorer that was driving eastbound swerved across the divider into the westbound lane near mile marker 29. Roanhorse turned around and followed the vehicle, catching up to it near the intersection of Highway 118 and Highway 566.

Roanhorse approached from the passenger side and spoke to the male in that seat, Peters, and another male who exited the vehicle. The second male...