Police killings
2013-2020

Timothy Jones

Male, White

Date of the incident: 5/17/2015

Ruidoso, Lincoln, NM
111 Otero Dr

Ruidoso Police Department Corporal Lance Ledford and Officer Joseph Baily were investigating a domestic disturbance when they both fatally shot Jones in his home. In spite of orders, he had approached them and his mother with a sword. It was the department's first fatal officer-involved shooting.