SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say police shot and killed two people in Shiprock in connection with a chase that began in Cortez, Colorado.
San Juan County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Brice Current told The Daily Times of Farmington, New Mexico, (http://goo.gl/01kDyK) that officers opened fire Monday on the suspects, who police chased down a dead end road in Shiprock.
Current says a third suspect fled the area.
The sheriff’s office sent an armored vehicle to respond to the chase, and the FBI also is on the scene.
The Cortez Journal reports that a dozen shots were fired at a Montezuma County deputy Monday morning after he launched a high-speed pursuit south of Cortez that crossed into New Mexico.
The deputy wasn’t injured.
No further information was available.
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Information from: The Daily Times, http://www.daily-times.com
