Police gunfire leaves one man dead in Glorieta (NM)

[Hazcat]

Geoff Grammer | The New Mexican
Posted: Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Daniel Pauly says he and his brother, Samuel, had no idea three New Mexico State Police officers were outside their Glorieta home late Tuesday.

Had they known, Samuel Pauly might not be dead, and Daniel Pauly might not be in jail.

The brothers are the sons of an ordained minister, and both worked at Geronimo restaurant in Santa Fe.

According to state police, officers approached the brothers' home on Firehouse Road in Glorieta to investigate a road-rage incident that took place earlier in the night. They say they heard three gunshots and the shout of "We have guns" coming from inside the house. One officer says he saw Samuel Pauly standing in a window "displaying a pistol," and shot the 34-year-old man dead.

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State police say the emergency dispatchers received a call around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday reporting an erratic driver and possible road-rage incident involving two vehicles on Interstate 25. The truck identified by the caller was driven by Daniel Pauly, 32, who was returning home from work. Samuel Pauly was home all night playing video games, Cron said.

Police say they found Daniel Pauly's truck at his Glorieta home and approached the residence. Cron says the brothers never heard the police identify themselves and thought the people from the other vehicle in the road-rage incident might have followed Daniel Pauly home.

"Neither Sam nor Dan knew that these were state police officers," Cron said. "They saw that there were some flashlights outside and ... all they knew was there were intruders on their property. They saw no flashing [police car] lights, heard no announcement that these were police. They fired three warning shots in the air, and that was accompanied by one of them yelling, 'We have guns. Get off our property.' "

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The officers' squad cars were parked several hundred yards from the Pauly home, and their flashing police lights could not be seen from the residence. Johnson said he would not speculate on whether the officers followed proper protocol until the investigation is completed. Audio recordings from the event have not yet been released.

More at http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/State-police-shoot--kill-man-in-Glorieta-in-shootout

[Pecos Bill]

It takes 3 state police officers to investigate a road rage incident? And, they left their cars several hundred yards away? Who were the dummies in this incident? No one knows if the cops followed procedure? Don't we have some LEO's who can give some incite here?

This seems very fishy to me.

Pecos