Deputies: Deadly shooting may have been self-defense

BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING BUT THEY SAY IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN SELF-DEFENSE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND THREE THIS AFTERNOON — AT A HOME IN CARNUEL — NOT TOO FAR FROM INTERSTATE 40 DEPUTIES SAY A RELATIVE STAYING WITH THE HOMEOWNER WENT OUTSIDE TO KICK A MAN OFF THE PROPERTY DEPUTIES SAY THE MAN WHO THEY BELIEVE WAS HOMELESS PULLED OUT AN AXE AND THREATENED THE RELATIVE THE RELATIVE HAD A GUN AND SHOT THE MAN WHO WAS DEAD WHEN AUTHORITIES ARRIVED 2 06 We treat it just like another other shooting that results in death We re going to investigate it and see what it turns out to be where it s self- defense or homicide We re going to investigate them all the same THE SHOOTER IS BEING QUESTIONED BY AUTHORITIES DEPUTIES TOLD US THE SHOOTER S STORY SO FAR IS