Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
SANTA FE — A panel of district attorneys is scheduled to meet Friday to review the Oct. 8 officer-involved deadly shooting in Clovis.
Officials said they are meeting to decide if criminal charges should be filed in connection with the case.
The panel is comprised of District Attorneys Marco Serna, Francesca Martinez-Estevez and Tim Rose of the 1st, 6th, and 10th judicial districts, respectively.
They are slated to meet in Santa Fe at the administrative office of the state’s District Attorney’s Association, said Rick Tedrow, liaison for the organization.
New Mexico State Police completed their report on the shooting and conveyed it to the DA panel last year, said Tedrow. But it’s been difficult for them to all meet together given the prosecutors’ schedules in their own districts.
Clovis Police Officer Brent Aguilar returned to duty about a week after the incident, in which car-theft suspect Aaron Chavez was shot to death during a foot pursuit just south of the Prince Street overpass.
A wrongful death suit filed by Chavez’ father is still in progress, according to court records.
