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A New Mexico State Police officer shot and killed a 39-year-old Santa Fe woman early on Nov. 7, 2013, after chasing her car through a residential neighborhood and ramming it into a wall, according to state police and contemporaneous news accounts.

Officer Oliver Wilson tried to stop Jeanette Anaya's silver Honda Accord at St. Francis Drive and Alta Vista Street around 1:14 a.m., saying he had seen her make a wobbly turn and wanted to check whether she was impaired or having car trouble. First Judicial District Attorney Angela "Spence" Pacheco later said dashboard camera video from Wilson's car did not show Anaya committing any traffic violation.

Anaya did not stop, and the chase reached speeds of 87 mph through south-central Santa Fe streets. Jeremy Munoz, a friend riding in the car, said he begged her to pull over, but she told him she had an outstanding warrant for concealing her identity during an earlier traffic stop and wanted to get home first. Investigators later said Anaya had cocaine in her bloodstream.

State police also called Santa Fe city police for backup during the pursuit. A Santa Fe police spokeswoman said the department's shift commander was not given enough information about the reason for the chase to authorize city officers to join, so no Santa Fe police responded before the shooting.

About five minutes into the chase, Wilson used his patrol car to spin Anaya's Accord into a cinderblock wall on Camino Carlos Rey, near Herb Martinez Park. Munoz said he thought the pursuit was over, then felt the car reverse. State police said Anaya backed the car toward Wilson, who opened fire. Two of the 16 rounds he fired struck Anaya, in the head and back, killing her at the scene. Munoz was treated for minor injuries.

A special grand jury deliberated less than an hour before ruling the shooting justified, Pacheco announced at a news conference. Anaya's mother, Teresa Anaya, rejected the finding, saying her daughter was murdered by an officer who was "enraged" and had "lost control."

In September 2014, the state agreed to pay Anaya's family 3.05 million dollars to settle their claims without admitting wrongdoing, avoiding a civil lawsuit. Wilson, who had been with the state police about a year and a half at the time of the shooting, was placed on administrative leave during the investigation. No public record found in reporting on the case indicates he was criminally charged.