- FATAL POLICE SHOOTING
State Police: Village police officer kills man at house fire
ANGEL FIRE, New Mexico (AP) — Authorities say an Angel Fire police officer responding to a house fire fatally shot a man who was armed with a knife.
Officer Ray Wilson, a spokesman for New Mexico State Police, says in a statement that the officer had been dispatched to a fire Sunday morning at 14 Mountain Lake Terrace in the village.
Wilson says: "At the scene, the Angel Fire Police officer encountered a man with a knife. During the encounter, the Angel Fire Police officer discharged his weapon."
The man was shot and later died in an ambulance. His name has not been released by authorities.
The State Police's Investigations Bureau is investigating the shooting, and the state Fire Marshal is working to determine the cause of the fire.
Wilson says the officer's name will be released later.
- SMALL PLANE CRASH
Small plane with 2 aboard crashes near Santa Rosa, FAA says
SANTA ROSA, N.M. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says a small plane with two people aboard crashed near Santa Rosa in central New Mexico.
The FAA says the twin-engine Beechcraft BE-60 crashed around 4 p.m. Sunday.
FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford says the plan was flying from Arlington, Texas, to Santa Fe Regional Airport when the pilot reported engine trouble. The aircraft was diverting to Santa Rosa when the accident took place.
There is no information about the condition of the people who were aboard the plane.
FAA investigators are headed to the site of the crash. Lunsford says the National Transportation Safety Board will be in charge of the investigation.
- FATAL CRASH-SUSPECT
Texas man accused in fatal New Mexico crash to stay jailed
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Texas man accused of driving impaired in a deadly wrong-way crash in New Mexico will remain jailed until his trial.
Prosecutors say 41-year-old Daniel Medina of El Paso poses a threat to the public because he has prior DWIs on his record from 2009 and 2015.
Medina is jailed on suspicion of homicide by vehicle, driving under the influence or alcohol or drugs, driving on the wrong side of the road and not having a driver's license or insurance.
New Mexico State Police say Medina was driving south in the northbound lane of Interstate 25 in Las Cruces on April 27 when he collided head-on with another car, injuring the other driver.
A 21-year-old motorcyclist crashed into Medina's vehicle and died at the scene.
- DINOSAUR TRACKS-DRONES
Students using drone to map dinosaur tracks in New Mexico
(Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico college students are using drones to help map the location dinosaur tracks at a state park.
The Albuquerque Journal reports New Mexico State Parks is teaming up with Central New Mexico Community College students and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science to map out the footprints at Clayton Lake State Park.
The park located in the northeastern part of the state contained track sites that around 100 million years old.
Central New Mexico Community College instructor Rick Watson says students will fly the drones from different heights in order to record a variety of details.
Once the project is complete, students will place the photographs, 3-D models, maps and other findings on a website.
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- OBIT-DAN CORDTZ
Former ABC News economics editor Dan Cordtz 92, dies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dan Cordtz, a former economics editor and correspondent and for ABC News, died Saturday in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from cancer, said daughter Kay Cordtz. He was 92.
Cordtz worked for The Wall Street Journal and other publications before ABC hired him in 1974 as the network faced having to report on inflation in the 1970s.
He said in a 1984 Washington Journalism Review profile that he cared most about contributing to the public's understanding of how the economy works.
Cordtz until recently lived in Santa Fe, and daughter Kay Cordtz said he had been staying at her home in Albuquerque since his cancer diagnosis and died there.
Other survivors include daughter Wendy Eaton of New York City and son Jeffrey Cordtz of Atlanta.
Three marriages ended in divorce.
- COP KILLING-SENTENCING-NEW MEXICO
Sentencing to be held for man who killed New Mexico officer
(Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com)
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) — A man convicted of the shooting death of a New Mexico police officer will not be retried.
The Albuquerque Journal reported Friday that a retrial was possible for 38-year-old Davon Lymon because an alternate juror learned information about a witness that was supposed to have been kept from the jury.
Sentencing has been scheduled for May 7.
The sentencing was initially set to take place Friday, but was postponed until the issue was resolved by the chief justice of the state Supreme Court.
Lymon was convicted April 12 of killing Albuquerque officer Daniel Webster in October 2015.
Authorities say Webster was trying to handcuff Lymon after pulling over the motorcyclist when Lymon shot him several times with a handgun.
State law requires a sentence of life in prison without parole.
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- NEW MEXICO PLAYER KILLED
University of New Mexico baseball player fatally shot
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — University of New Mexico officials say a 23-year-old Lobo baseball player was fatally shot outside an Albuquerque club early Saturday.
Athletics Director Eddie Nunez said Jackson Weller's death was a "senseless tragedy" and called Weller "a very special young man whose absence will be deeply felt."
Police said no suspects were identified and that the investigation was continuing.
Athletics spokesman Daniel Gallegos said Weller was a right-handed pitcher who transferred from Gateway Community College in Phoenix and was from Keller, Texas.
Gallegos said Weller wasn't currently on the UNM team's official roster because of injury but was still part of the program and hoped to play again in the fall.
The New Mexico team postponed the remainder of its weekend series against the Air Force Academy.
- FILM-THE RIVER AND THE WALL
'The River and The Wall' explores Rio Grande's border world
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A new documentary examines the diverse wildlife and landscape of the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border amid the political pressure to erect a border wall.
"The River and The Wall" released Friday at select theaters nationwide and on iTunes follows five people who take a 60-day journey along the Rio Grande from El Paso to Brownsville, Texas.
They travel by mountain bike, canoe, horseback, and foot to document the natural physical barriers that already exist along the 1,200-mile (1,931 kilometer) border. They also film wildlife and talk to U.S.-Mexico border residents who see the region as one and who oppose plans to build a wall in isolated areas.
Director Ben Masters says he got the idea for the film after seeing how the border region and immigration were being portrayed in media.