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Sheriff's Department: 1 Dead In Albuquerque-Area Shooting

The Bernalillo County sheriff has identified a 31-year-old man as the person killed in a deputy-involved shooting.

Sheriff Manny Gonzales says Joseph Jaramillio was hit by gunfire Wednesday morning in southwest Albuquerque when three deputies shot at the vehicle, killing him and wounding a woman inside the truck he was driving.

She and another woman in the vehicle who reportedly sustained cuts and scrapes were treated at a hospital for non-life threatening injuries and released.

No sheriff's deputies were injured in the shooting.

Sheriff's Sgt. Aaron Williamson says the shooting occurred when deputies located and tried to stop a vehicle that had fled from an earlier traffic stop.

Authorities say Jaramillo rammed a sheriff's vehicle during deputies' second attempt to pull over his truck.

The deputies who opened fire have been placed on standard paid leave.

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