Two men wanted in connection with the killing of a police officer during a traffic stop in southern New Mexico and the shooting last month of a man in Ohio have been detained, local media in Ohio reported.
James Nelson II and Jesse Hane were taken into custody in Dona Ana County Friday after the death of a Hatch, New Mexico, police officer who pulled them over along with a third suspect, Ohio’s Chillicothe Gazette newspaper reported.
One of the passengers got out of the Lexus they were in and shot police officer Jose Chavez, 33, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported.
The suspects fled and later shot the driver of a Chevrolet Cruze at a rest stop and took his vehicle, according to Kelly Jameson, spokeswoman for the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities took the suspect who was driving the Cruze into custody after a police chase that ended with him crashing the vehicle into a pile of wood. He had a gunshot wound to the leg, and he was taken to a local hospital, Jameson said.
The others were detained after a brief manhunt, she said.
Nelson and Hane are wanted in Ohio in connection with the fatal shooting of a 62-year-old man on July 25, The Chillicothe Gazette reported. The third suspect was not identified.