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WHETHER ANY OF
THESE BREAK-INS
ARE CONNECTED.
WE ARE
LEARNING MORE
ABOUT A SWAT
SITUATION IN LEA
COUNTY LAST
WEEK WHERE A
DEPUTY WAS
SHOT.
TURNS OUT...ONE
OF THE TWO
SUSPECTS IS A
PERSON OF
INTEREST IN A
DOUBLE HOMICIDE
CASE IN ANOTHER
COUNTY.
EARLY LAST
WEEK... THE
BODIES OF TWO
MEN WERE FOUND
IN CHAVES
COUNTY.
ONE WAS
SMOLDERING ON
THE SIDE OF
BUFFALO VALLEY
ROAD NEAR LAKE
ARTHUR...THE
OTHER NEAR AN
OILFIELD.
WHEN DEPUTIES
TRIED TO SERVE A
SEARCH
THURSDAY AT A
HOME IN
HOBBS...PEOPLE
INSIDE REFUSED
TO COME OUT.
TWO OF THE MEN
HAVE WERE
IDENTIFIED AS
JUAN URIBE-VIDAL
AND JAMES
GOMEZ.
SWAT WAS
CALLED IN AND
THAT'S WHEN THE
TWO MEN OPENED
FIRE... HITTING A
LEA COUNTY
DEPUTY IN THE
ARM AND NECK.
HE IS OKAY. VIDAL
AND GOMEZ WERE
ARRESTED AND
CHARGED WITH
AGGRAVATED
BATTERY AND
ASSAULT ON A
POLICE OFFICER.
AUTHORITIES SAY
VIDAL IS A PERSON
OF INTEREST IN
THE CHAVES
COUNTY
MURDERS.
EVIDENCE WAS
RECOVERED AT
THE HOBBS
SCENE...AND
INVESTIGATORS