CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — State police say they are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Carlsbad that killed a man who had attempted to flee from agents in a vehicle that struck a police vehicle.
According to authorities, the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force had gone to a home in Carlsbad to arrest 41-year-old Daniel Chavez on Monday. They say Chavez tried to escape on foot, and then in a vehicle before he was shot.
He was pronounced dead at the Carlsbad Medical Center.
State Police say Chavez had been wanted on a warrant for violating his probation stemming from charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm or explosives.
The Pecos Valley Drug Task Force's agents include Carlsbad police officers and Eddy County Sheriff's deputies.