Local NewsColumbus Shooting Victim Dies
DEMING – The victim in Friday’s shooting incident in Columbus has died.
Luna County Sheriff’s Captain Jose Martinez confirmed the department was notified Monday the victim passed away at University Medical Center in El Paso, TX, as a result of multiple gunshot wounds sustained Friday afternoon in a shooting in the 200 block of S. Main Street in Columbus. The identity of the victim was not immediately released pending notification of next of kin, and the identity of the suspect was not immediately released pending further investigation. Martinez said the Luna County Sheriff’s Department is in charge of the investigation and will release further information when appropriate. Herrell Hosts Congressmen at the Border Pictured left to right at the border wall and barrier in New Mexico: Representatives Scott Franklin (R-Fla.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Fred Keller (R-Pa.), Glenn Grothman (R-Wisc.), James Comer (R-Ky.), and Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.).
DEMING – Congresswoman Yvette Herrell hosted eight members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in Luna County Monday.
The group toured the Columbus Port of Entry, held a roundtable discussion with ranchers and local officials, and visited an unfinished section of the border wall near Columbus. Herrell was joined by Oversight Committee Ranking Member James Comer of Kentucky, as well as Wisconsin Congressman Glenn Grothman, South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman, Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs, Pennsylvania Congressman Fred Keller, Kansas Congressman Jake LaTurner, and Florida Congressmen Byron Donalds and Scott Franklin. Part of the tour included seeing an unfinished section of the border wall on the Johnson Ranch in southern Luna County. Herrell said she wanted her colleagues in Congress to see the border situation firsthand and hear directly from her constituents about what was going on at the border. Local Crime Report
DEMING – Here’s the area crime report:
John Umlauf, age 30, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for prohibited possession of a controlled substance… James Butz, age 36, was arrested for unlawful use of a license and on a registration violation… Shania Macias, age 24, was arrested for criminal trespass on railroad property and on a Municipal warrant for failure to pay fines… Joseph Umlauf, age 32, of Vista, CA, was arrested on a California fugitive complaint and on a District Court warrant for a probation violation… and Amber Alfred, age 22, was arrested on a District Court warrant for failure to appear. Also, a stop-sign valued at $300 was reported missing from the intersection of McCan and Solana roads. 
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