On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at approximately 7:37 p.m. the Portales Police Department was
contacted regarding subjects shooting at him. Detectives were contacted and followed up on the
incident.
The investigation led detectives to an address in Alta Tera where, at approximately 11:25 p.m., they
attempted to make contact with the suspects after observing occupants moving about the
residence. The detectives knocked and identified themselves to the occupants.
The occupants made verbal threats of force to the officers which caused the detectives to back away from the residence
while they awaited other officers to arrive. While awaiting assistance shots were fired from inside the
residence and a male subject then exited the residence and began to fire multiple shots at the detective
with a long gun. The detective returned fire and the subject went back into the residence.
The detective then found a position of better cover and continued to take gun fire. The subjects later called
police dispatch and exited the residence where they were taken into custody without further incident.
A search warrant was conducted at the residence and two long guns were recovered. No one was hit
with gun fire during the exchange and the investigation is still ongoing. Arrested at the time were a 17
year old male, 21 year old Jordan Lee Venegas and 19 year old Manuel Venegas
