Judge Vacates Nov. Retrial For Man Accused Of Killing Fellow Deputy

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A district court judge in Las Cruces has postponed the retrial of a former Santa Fe County sheriff's deputy accused of killing a fellow deputy in 2014. The original retrial of Tai Chan had been set for Nov. 28. A judge Monday granted a stipulation motion to vacate the November date, but didn't set a new retrial date. Prosecutors are seeking to have the retrial in February. Chan's first trial ended in a mistrial in June. He had been charged with first-degree murder in fellow deputy Jeremy Martin's death. The two 29-year-old deputies were in Las Cruces the night of the shooting in October 2014, staying at a hotel after transporting prisoners to Arizona. Martin died of his injuries at a hospital. Chan's attorneys say the shooting was in self-defense.