Ohkay Owingeh police officer shoots woman in chest
Posted at: 01/22/2012 10:47 PM
By: Shaun Griswold, KOB.com
An officer in Rio Arriba County shot a woman in the chest on Sunday, Bureau of Indian Affairs authorities said.
The officer is with the Ohkay Owingeh Police Department, a tribal police agency just north of Espanola.
BIA officials said the officer responded to a domestic dispute around 5 p.m. before he shot the woman.
The woman was air lifted to UNM Hospital, but her condition is unknown.
Investigators shut down NM Highway 68 near the shooting for a couple hours on Sunday.
BIA officials said the officer is on paid administrative leave.
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