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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Authorities released details and identified those involved in a shootout that led to an oxygen tank explosion and left a man dead and others injured last month in Veguita.
State Police spokesman Ray Wilson said Lt. Richard Lopez had been with the Socorro County Sheriff’s Office for one month and it was Deputy Carlos Valenzuela’s first day when the two got into the wild gunfight. Neither was injured in the incident.
Wilson said Joseph Remalia, 26, was arrested after the shooting and Dean Gross, 36, was hospitalized along with a woman.
He said Max Jaramillo, 29, was found dead in a ditch nearby and an autopsy showed he had not been struck by gunfire “but the cause and manner of his death is pending.”
By News Editor And Partners
• 15 hours ago
Veguita, NM – On June 17, 2021, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate an officer involved shooting in Veguita involving the Socorro County Sheriff’s Office. All deputies were uninjured. There were reports of a vehicle on fire.
Investigators learned that on June 17, 2021, at around 9:00 p.m. the Socorro County Sheriff’s Office was called to 78 Pedro Place in Veguita for a report of shots fired. A neighbor called 911 reporting a white Dodge pickup occupied by several people was parked in front of 78 Pedro Place shooting guns at the residence, which was unoccupied.