Officials investigating shooting after man shot in head in Clovis

CLOVIS, N.M. (KFDA) – The ninth Judicial District Main Crimes Unit are investigating a taking pictures ensuing a person being shot within the head close to Wilmington and Northglen Streets.

In accordance with officers, on January 1, at round 9:30 p.m., the Clovis Police Division Dispatch Heart acquired a name reporting 4 to 5 gunshots within the space of Wilmington and Northglen Streets.

Whereas officers have been responding to the world, the dispatch middle acquired a second name from a person saying he had fired a gun in self-defense.

The person reported to the dispatch middle that he was nonetheless close to the scene and was informed to attend for responding officers.

Officers arrived to the world the place they discovered a 28-year-old man mendacity within the roadway, subsequent to a automobile. The person was discovered to have a gunshot wound to the pinnacle.

The person was shortly transported to a hospital for his damage, the place he was stabilized and moved to a hospital in Lubbock

Officers contacted the person, recognized as 30-year-old Ian Michael Downs who reported taking pictures in self-defense. He was taken into custody for questioning.

Downs was positioned below arrest and transported to the Curry County Grownup Detention Heart the place he has been charged with aggravated battery with a lethal weapon.

If in case you have any info on this incident, name the Clovis Police Division at 575-769-1921.

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