{"id":104755,"date":"2024-03-15T18:03:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/suspect-sought-after-new-mexico-state-police-officer-fatally-shot-on-highway-authorities\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T18:03:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:03:34","slug":"suspect-sought-after-new-mexico-state-police-officer-fatally-shot-on-highway-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/suspect-sought-after-new-mexico-state-police-officer-fatally-shot-on-highway-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect sought after New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot on highway: Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-03-15\/ABC_031524_NewMexicoPolice.JPG\" alt><figcaption>ABC News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW MEXICO) &#8212; A New Mexico State Police officer was shot and killed on a highway, authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>A suspect in the shooting remains at-large and may have fled the scene by boarding a train heading to Texas, authorities in the state told ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred on Interstate 40 near mile marker 320, near Tucumcari in eastern New Mexico, according to state police.<\/p>\n<p>State police released photos of the suspect in the shooting and said he was last seen on foot on the I-40 Frontage Road at milepost 304, between Montoya and Newkirk, police said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The suspect is armed and dangerous, do not approach, call 911 immediately,&#8221; New Mexico State Police said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Updated SUSPECT picture. Last seen on foot on the I-40 Frontage Road at milepost 304 between Montoya and Newkirk. The suspect is armed and dangerous, do not approach, call 911 immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1kcdaHCupN\">https:\/\/t.co\/1kcdaHCupN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/StMqJPikTl\">https:\/\/t.co\/StMqJPikTl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bAQd5KwTao\">pic.twitter.com\/bAQd5KwTao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NMSP (@NMStatePolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NMStatePolice\/status\/1768689217243390189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>The suspect may currently be in the Texas Panhandle region, according to authorities in Hartley County, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Hartley County Sheriff Chanze Fowler told ABC News that the unidentified suspect may have fled the scene of the shooting by boarding a train and may currently be located in the Dalhart area.<\/p>\n<p>Details on the incident are limited at this time, state police said. The name of the officer killed has not been released.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was last seen wearing blue jeans, a tan Carhartt jacket and either a red or brown hoodie, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call New Mexico State Police.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC News (NEW MEXICO) &#8212; A New Mexico State Police officer was shot and killed on a highway, authorities said Friday. A suspect in the shooting remains at-large and may have fled the scene by boarding a train heading to Texas, authorities in the state told ABC News. The shooting<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/suspect-sought-after-new-mexico-state-police-officer-fatally-shot-on-highway-authorities\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}