{"id":387,"date":"2026-03-20T05:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/?p=387"},"modified":"2026-03-20T05:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:02:21","slug":"new-mexico-state-police-investigating-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-in-roswell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/new-mexico-state-police-investigating-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-in-roswell\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico State Police Investigating Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Roswell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>New Mexico State Police Investigating Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Roswell<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">DEMING &#8211; New Mexico State Police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred Wednesday night in Roswell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">According to the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau, the incident began around 8:42 p.m. when an officer attempted to stop a silver Cadillac near West Berrendo Road and Main Street. The driver failed to yield and fled from the attempted traffic stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Authorities say the vehicle entered a trailer park located at 3201 North Kentucky Avenue, where it eventually stopped at a dead end. Two NMSP officers then conducted what is described as a high-risk stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Police identified the driver as 64-year-old William James Roberts. Officers instructed Roberts to exit the vehicle with his hands in the air, but investigators say he was seen reaching inside the vehicle before exiting with a handgun, which he then pointed at officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Both officers discharged their weapons, striking Roberts at least once. First aid was provided at the scene until emergency medical personnel arrived. Roberts was transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">No officers or members of the public were injured during the incident. A firearm was recovered at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The case remains under investigation by the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico State Police Investigating Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Roswell DEMING &#8211; New Mexico State Police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred Wednesday night in Roswell. According to the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau, the incident began around 8:42 p.m. when an officer attempted to stop a<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/new-mexico-state-police-investigating-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-in-roswell\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-john-k","post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}