The Latest: Man charged in ax killing of woman at ranch

RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — A man accused of shooting and wounding a southern New Mexico sheriff's deputy during a struggle at a hospital is charged in the ax killing of a woman whose head was nearly severed. A criminal complaint filed Monday charges 25-year-old Andrew Poteet Magill in the killing Saturday night of Mary Ann Moorhouse at a ranch about 10 miles east of the city of Ruidoso Downs. The complaint says Lincoln County deputies discovered Moorhouse's body and a blood-covered ax after going to the ranch to check on her welfare in response to a call by a concerned co-worker. The complaint says and Magill was taken to a hospital by Ruidoso Downs police after a motorist dropped him off at the police station. According to the complaint, a deputy investigating the killing was shot in the shoulder by Magill after he picked up the deputy's gun when it fell to the floor during a struggle at the hospital. A court official said Magill didn't have an attorney who could comment on the allegations.