Fernand “Fred” Lete
Male, Hispanic
Date of the incident: 9/3/2018
Bernalillo, Sandoval, NM
555 S Hill Rd
555 S Hill Rd
Officers responded to KOA Campground after receiving calls of a shooting inside a trailer. When they arrived, Fernand Lete emerged, armed with a revolver, at which point an officer fired an unknown number of shots. It was not immediately reported if Lete was struck by that gunfire, but he barricaded himself in the trailer. When police entered, they found that Lete was suffering from gunshot wounds, and he died. The body of Michael LaPlante, 55, was also found inside with gunshot wounds.