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Jurors Set To Deliberate In Case Of Deputy Who Shot Coworker

Tai Chan

Both sides are delivering closing arguments in the trial of a former Santa Fe County sheriff's deputy accused of shooting and killing a fellow officer two years ago.

Prosecutors urged jurors Monday morning to find Tai Chan guilty, saying he deliberately fired multiple times at Jeremy Martin, who tried to escape down a hotel hallway. Martin died from his gunshot wounds.

Chan is charged with first-degree murder.

A defense attorney has argued Chan shot in self-defense, and that prosecutors failed to prove otherwise.

Chan and Martin were in Las Cruces the night of the shooting in October 2014, staying at a hotel after transporting prisoners to Arizona.

Jurors are expected to begin deliberating Monday.

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