New Mexico Officer Shot During Traffic Stop: State Police

New Mexico Officer Shot During Traffic Stop: State Police
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Jack Phillips
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A New Mexico State Police officer was shot at Saturday during a traffic stop, said officials on Sunday.

The officer was shot after pulling over a driver on Interstate 40 near Laguna, New Mexico, at around 9:30 a.m., police said in a statement. The suspect was identified as 40-year-old Robert Benjamin Nelson of Scottsdale, Arizona.
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