FARMINGTON, N.M. – The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office confirms two people are now dead after deputies and U.S. Marshals tried to take a man into custody.

KOB 4 spoke with Sun Valley Park neighbors, who say what happened Wednesday night doesn’t happen often. 

“It’s scary because flying bullets don’t have names. If around, it hits the house, hits one of my kids, hits me, or it’s my wife. I mean, you can’t help that.”

This all started around 6 p.m. when U.S. Marshals and San Juan County deputies came out to Copper Avenue to arrest Brandon Roe. Roe was wanted for three felony charges, including commercial burglary.

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office says while they were waiting, Roe and a woman named Breanna Wilkerson drove up.

Deputies say Roe tried climbing into the driver’s seat and that’s when U.S. Marshals shot at the car, killing both of them.

24 hours later, neighbors still can’t believe this happened on their street.

“It is a safe neighborhood because a lot of people here mind their own business, they don’t really look for trouble. But, yet again, when you call 911, it takes them over 30 minutes to get here.”

Despite the safe feeling, neighbors say they wouldn’t mind seeing more of a police presence.

“It’s sad to see a beautiful side of the neighborhood, it’s not a high class side of the neighborhood, it’s low class, but it feels like we’re being abandoned. But if there were more attention to this side of the community, I think less stuff like that would happen.” 

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office says it will continue to work with the U.S. Marshals Service and will release more information as the investigation continues.