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Emergency responders stand beside a fire truck while a helicopter sits nearby during a nighttime response scene.
Crime

14-year-old airlifted after suspected shooting in Vado

A 14-year-old was airlifted to a local hospital after a suspected shooting on Fuentes Lane in Vado. Two persons of interest have been identified.

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Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office patrol unit parked along a dark roadway with emergency lights flashing as firefighters and deputies respond to a nighttime structure fire in the background.
Public Safety

Details emerge in fatal deputy shooting during Tortugas house fire

Sheriff Kim Stewart released new details Thursday about the Feb. 17 shooting in the Tortugas area, where authorities say Dylan Leonard was shot and killed after emerging with a knife during a structure fire response.

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Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office vehicle parked on a dark roadway at night with emergency lights flashing as firefighters and deputies respond to a scene in the background.
Public Safety

Man killed after armed confrontation with deputies at Watson Lane structure fire scene

A man died Tuesday evening after an armed confrontation with Doña Ana County sheriff’s deputies at a structure fire scene on Watson Lane in the Tortugas area. A multi-agency task force is investigating.

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A headshot of Joseph Omar Ruiz, released by the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office as part of an ongoing homicide investigation.
Crime

DASO renews call for information in June homicide case

The Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the June 5 death of Joseph Omar Ruiz as a homicide and is asking anyone with information to contact Central Dispatch or Crime Stoppers.

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