The officer was transported to the hospital and is awake and alert with non-life-threatening injuries.
From Farmington Police
Friday, February 3, 2023
On Thursday, February 3, 2023, at around 2:15 a.m., officers responded to a fight in the area of Elm Street and Dekalb Street in Farmington. Once on scene, officers noticed a suspicious vehicle and attempted to make contact with it. The vehicle reversed, pinning our officer against another vehicle, and fled the scene. After a brief pursuit officers lost visual of the suspect.
Several minutes later other responding officers located the vehicle driving at a high rate of speed. When they attempted to stop the vehicle on Troy King Road, the driver crashed and was arrested for DWI. Additional charges are pending. The driver was also transported for minor injuries.
The officer was transported to the hospital and is awake and alert with non-life-threatening injuries.
This is an active investigation, and more details will be released as they become available.
Update: Chief Hebbe provides a video update with additional details:
As three individuals tried to leave a party, a male subject began shooting, unintentionally striking the vehicle and, subsequently, a passenger inside the vehicle. The passenger was transported to San Juan Regional Medical Center and later transported to UNM in Albuquerque, where she is awake and in stable condition.
Using multiple means of evidence, the driver was identified as Alvin Paul who was driving a 2003 white Chevrolet when he veered off the road, hitting Shirley. Paul did not stop or report the crash and surveillance footage from a nearby business proved Paul as the driver. He later admitted to operating the vehicle carelessly.
At the time of the crash, Paul’s driver’s license was revoked from a prior DWI arrests. He has two prior DWI convictions and is currently on probation for the second DWI.
Preliminary investigation indicates the individuals involved were known to one another, and this incident does not appear to be a random act of violence.
No weapons were located on the suspect and he was arrested and charged with assault upon a school employee, unlawful shooting threats, disorderly conduct, and interference with members of staff or the general public.
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The next phase of this project is already funded by a $4 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement (CRISI) Grant and $1 million match from the New Mexico Match Fund.
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