Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies took over the investigation of a fight with shots fired on Nov. 11, that did not appear to result in any arrests.
Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Herrera wrote in an incident report he was sent to 530 State Road 76 for a report of shots fired and a fight. When he got there, another deputy was running toward a house while a black, lifted truck started to drive away, so he gave chase. His patrol car was blocked in, so he jumped in another deputy’s vehicle and went after, then pulled over the truck and handcuffed the driver.
The driver told him that the passenger had been stabbed, but when medics checked him, they didn’t find any stab wounds. His face was bloody and scraped, Herrera wrote.
The man who had allegedly been stabbed told Herrera that he was dragged out of the truck and beaten by a shirtless man and the man tried stabbing him because he owed him $100, Herrera wrote.
He then told Herrera that he heard a gunshot while they were in the truck and before he was pulled out, he was dragged on the ground and beaten. He fought the man for his life, but did not want to press charges and claimed that he did know who the man was to whom he owed the $100.
Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies then took over the investigation because it appeared to have happened in Santa Fe County, he wrote.