Joel Lopes
Male, Hispanic
Date of the incident: 10/20/2015
Truth or Consequences, Sierra, NM
Elephant Butte Dam
Elephant Butte Dam
Deputies responded to the east side of Elephant Butte Dam where they found Lopes armed with a gun, police said. Lopes ignored deputies' commands to drop the gun and was shot after he pointed his gun at them, according to authorities.