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Officer Gregg Benner was shot and killed during a traffic stop
"ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Copyright © 2015 Albuquerque Journal....For the third time this year, a local law enforcement officer was gunned down during a traffic stop.....“We shouldn’t be getting used to this. This year has been a heavy year for us,” officer Simon Drobik said after a police news conference Thursday evening."
RIO RANCHO, N.M. —Rio Rancho police said 49-year-old Officer Gregg ‘Nigel’ Benner was shot and killed during a traffic stop Monday night.....Benner was a four-year veteran of the department and was a retired Air Force veteran. He is survived by his wife and five adult children.Police said Benner made a traffic stop near Southern Boulevard and Pinetree Road around 8 p.m. According to police, Andrew Romero, 28, and a woman were in the car. There was an active warrant for Romero’s arrest.
Officer Gregg Benner
Andrew Romero
"Andrew Romero, 28, was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting, according to abqjournal.com. ....He has a lengthy criminal history including being charged with voluntary manslaughter in 2005....ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The man accused of killing Rio Rancho Police officer Greg Benner now faces federal charges....Officials announced on Friday that Romero would be charged with violating federal firearm laws.....If convicted, he faces 10 years in prison. However, if the court rules he’s a habitual violent offender, he faces a mandatory 15 years and could face up to life in prison......He’s also facing a possible life sentence without the possibility of parole for Officer Benner’s murder......
"Monday night, officer Benner pulled over a man and woman in an 1999 Dodge Durango at Arby's on Southern Boulevard. The license plate attached to the Durango did not match the vehicle, which may have been the impetus of the stop, according to a police spokesperson.....The suspects, a female driver and a passenger — a man identified as 28-year-old Andrew Romero — then fled in the vehicle and ended up near the Esther Bone Memorial Library.....Investigators are still trying to determine the exact details, but say at some point, the exchange turned violent. Police said Romero likely reached around the woman in the driver's seat and shot Benner several times in the torso.....Benner was unable to draw his gun in time, Rio Rancho Police Chief Michael Geier said.....Police confirmed in a Tuesday news conference that a handgun was used and at least three casings were found. The handgun was connected to a robbery that Romero allegedly committed later Monday night."....http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3806808.shtml#.ViuMaqI0qhw
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October 2015
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