[kellyhound]

Santa Fe County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Martinez told he stopped firing at N.R. once the 32-year-old dropped his gun and ran in the opposite direction. Cpl. Chris Zook and Deputy Leonardo Guzman kept firing until he fell face first to the ground.

"There were multiple shots after he was running but they weren't mine, I fired a few and stopped when he got out of my view," Martinez told New Mexico State Police.

Zook told them the victim "was running away from us and I know I fired three, maybe four rounds."

Guzman and Zook both said they thought the victim had fired at them and still had a gun in his hand when he was running away. Neither turned out to be true.

Records, interviews and dash camera video released recently by State Police shed light into the shooting that left the victim dead on June 23 in Santa Fe.

The use of force incident, which is being investigated by State Police, was one two fatal shootings by SFSO deputies and the fourth person shot by authorities in the Santa Fe area over a two-week period.

Dash camera video shows deputies surround a pickup truck with the victim inside before he waves a gun at them out the window and they open fire. Roybal gets out of the truck, drops the gun, and runs away as the deputies continue shooting.

Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Juan Rios would not answer questions about the shooting.

"As this officer involved shooting remains an open investigation at state police and as an internal affairs inquiry at the sheriff's office we will have no comment at this time," he said.

During a taped interview with State Police investigators, Guzman said he was trying to find the victim after an incident earlier in the day when he tried to back his truck into deputies and fled.

Soon after their shift began, Guzman and Martinez found themselves chasing the suspect as he drove erratically, sometimes in reverse. Martinez said his behavior leading up to that point concerned him.

I mean, majority of these guys are mentally ill, mentally unstable or they're under the influence," Martinez said.

He later added, "This guy has now become a danger to society the way he's acting... this guy's going to end up hurting somebody... and he needed to be stopped. He needed to be caught and placed in jail where he's safe and everybody else is safe."

Martinez said when the suspect parked and waved a gun at them, he was the first to pull the trigger. After the first volley of gunfire, Martinez said the victim got out of the truck with a gun in his hand.

"I shot a few more rounds at him, I see the gun drop and he takes off running," he told investigators. "... Then I continued hearing shots fired from Guzman and Zook, I'm assuming."

Both Guzman and Zook told investigators they thought the victim had shot at them before they opened fire. Neither remembered how many shots they fired during the first or second volley.

"I still perceived him as a threat, he did have a gun, so I continued to fire — he was running — until he fell to the ground," Zook said.

Guzman told investigators, "I kept on shooting, once the threat was done, that's when I stopped... I thought he still had the handgun."

Guzman said he saw the gun lying near the truck after the victim was down.

State Police investigators asked Guzman if his gun had any malfunctions during the incident. He said no.

"It actually worked really nice," Guzman said.

[SolonJhee]

So I get why they were nervous but it looks like he was fucked up. But when he started to run away that shooting was very much excessive if not the whole event.

[Shadolife]

Looks like he deserved to be shot at some point in his life. Might as well be now

[U.B.Hotch]

Cops going to jail, eh? Seems to be the craze here lately...

[deadhorsey]

Watching that fool get smoked was awesome.

But I question if he was still an active threat since he dropped the piece.

Shitty to have to makes split second decisions like that! I don’t envy any of the cops in this situation.

[HYPRTCKR]

~ Where's the rest of the video?.... According to the description

[antrod123]

Running on foot? More like stumbling.

[pokerplay]

Holy shit! Literally that truck is full of holy shit now.

[nudibranches646]

Sounds like they are shooting at him with a Bofors gun.

[gimlet]

Originally Posted by nudibranches646 ↗

Sounds like they are shooting at him with a Bofors gun.

LOL. I thought perhaps he and his truck were hit by a volley of 30mm from an aircraft or the cops had called in an artillery strike.