DEMING – Cooperation between local law enforcement agencies lead to the arrest of a Deming man after a Sunday afternoon shooting.
Gabriel Roque age 35, was arrested and charged in the shooting incident that occurred earlier Sunday of Steve Worthen, age 42. Deming police were called to 1023 West Hemlock Sunday at 3:22 p.m. regarding a man being shot. Upon arrival, officers found Worthen inside the home who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to Mimbres Memorial Hospital and flown to an El Paso hospital for further treatment. The victim identified Roque as the shooter.
Dispatch notified area law enforcement and Roque who was a passenger in a vehicle, was stopped by Luna County Sheriff’s Deputies on Hermanas Road at 4:52 p.m.
Roque is charged with attempted murder in the first degree, tampering with evidence, felon in possession of a firearm, abuse of a child with no great bodily harm and three counts of intimidation of a witness.
Spokesmen for both the Police Department and Sheriff’s Department credited each other’s agencies in working together in solving the shooting.
Gabriel Roque age 35, was arrested and charged in the shooting incident that occurred earlier Sunday of Steve Worthen, age 42. Deming police were called to 1023 West Hemlock Sunday at 3:22 p.m. regarding a man being shot. Upon arrival, officers found Worthen inside the home who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to Mimbres Memorial Hospital and flown to an El Paso hospital for further treatment. The victim identified Roque as the shooter.
Dispatch notified area law enforcement and Roque who was a passenger in a vehicle, was stopped by Luna County Sheriff’s Deputies on Hermanas Road at 4:52 p.m.
Roque is charged with attempted murder in the first degree, tampering with evidence, felon in possession of a firearm, abuse of a child with no great bodily harm and three counts of intimidation of a witness.
Spokesmen for both the Police Department and Sheriff’s Department credited each other’s agencies in working together in solving the shooting.
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