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Newly released video footage and police reports offer more details in an incident that resulted in the July 24 shooting of an armed man by a state police officer outside a Tesuque residence.

Galen Mason-Muller of Algodones faces two charges of aggravated assault on a peace officer and a charge of aggravated burglary.

State police have not yet released the name of the officer who shot Mason-Muller, 23. A news release issued by the agency in the days after the incident said the officer’s identity would not be released until interviews with those involved were completed.

The officer was placed on administrative leave.

Mason-Muller’s girlfriend made a call for a welfare check after the two had been arguing. She told dispatchers he was going to her house on N.M. 529 “to kill himself or hurt someone,” a report from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office states.

Warning: This video contains graphic scenes of an officer-involved shooting. Viewer discretion is advised.

His girlfriend’s mother testified in a Tuesday hearing the suspect had chased her through her house, grabbing at her. She called it “unbelievable” and said she was worried for her daughter.

Dash camera footage from a Santa Fe County deputy shows the tense scene that unfolded between law enforcement officials and Mason-Muller outside the home for about 20 minutes before he was shot.

A deputy arrived at the scene to find Mason-Muller standing near the residence on the opposite side of a short stucco wall that covered his hands and lower body from view, the video shows. Mason-Muller’s girlfriend can be seen kneeling on the driveway several feet away, facing him with her hands together in a pleading gesture.

For several minutes, officers and deputies asked for Mason-Muller’s name and ordered him to show his hands, but he remained behind the wall. Mason-Muller yelled out to the officers, but his voice cannot be heard in the video. Officers said in reports that Mason-Muller was telling them to shoot him.

After he walked out from behind the stucco wall, officers noted an apparent tan-colored gun in Mason-Muller’s left hand. They repeatedly yelled for Mason-Muller to drop the object as he slowly walked to the driveway, closer to where his girlfriend was sitting.

About 20 minutes into the standoff, at least one state police officer fired at Mason-Muller, sending him to the ground.

A deputy reported hearing two shots from state police officers.

Mason-Muller’s gun did not fire, officers testified.

A supplemental report filed by a deputy who was at the scene described Mason-Muller as holding his gun in a “low ready” position. State police Officer James George Tremann also testified during a Tuesday preliminary hearing in District Court he had seen Mason-Muller hold the gun in the “low ready” position.

Tremann described the position as indicating “person establishing a stronger base” and demonstrated it by holding both hands together just above waist level. “He took a stronger firing stance more than once,” Tremann said of Mason-Muller.

After Mason-Muller was shot, his girlfriend started toward his body when a deputy yelled to her to get away.

Mason-Muller was transported to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, in the custody of two deputies, following the shooting, according to reports from the agency.

Mason-Muller appeared on a video conference call for a preliminary hearing Tuesday from a hospital bed, but was unable to testify. The hearing was continued to later this month.

Attorney Dan Marlowe, who is representing Mason-Muller, said his client suffered a gunshot wound to his right arm.

“It looks to me like they weren’t trying to kill him,” Marlowe said, adding Mason-Muller was “in serious pain” from the injury.

Marlowe said Mason-Muller was “not a violent guy, but he’s got some mental problems.”

Fresno, California — On July 30, 2023, at 10:32 a.m., an officer with the Fresno Police Department responded to the 100 block of East Warner Avenue regarding a report of a vehicle that had been abandoned in the roadway. While the officer was in the process of having the vehicle towed, he was approached by a community member who told him that there was a young male on a scooter nearby that had a gun. The officer alerted Fresno Police dispatch of the community member’s report. As the officer drove southbound on North Effie Street, he observed a subject that matched the description of the subject reportedly armed with the gun. The officer notified dispatch, pulled to the side of the road and made contact with the subject. The officer ordered the subject, who was wearing a ski mask, to raise his hands and get down on his knees.

The subject complied, got down on his knees but then began to reach for an object in his waistband. The officer told him to raise his hands, but he continued to reach for the object. The subject pulled a gun from his waistband. Upon seeing this, the officer discharged his service weapon. The officer immediately requested paramedics and began to render first aid while they responded. The subject was transported to the hospital, he is listed in stable condition and is expected to recover from his injury. It was determined later that the subject was a 15-year-old juvenile. At the scene, the officer recovered the juvenile’s unloaded Glock 19 X .177 caliber bb pistol. The weapon is a replica of a Glock semiautomatic handgun with all Glock stampings. The juvenile was cited for PC 417.4 (brandishing an imitation firearm) and released to the custody of his guardian. The investigation into this critical incident is ongoing.

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At least one officer located a man matching the description armed with a knife in the 4300 block of Havard Street. The suspect was later identified as 19-year-old Franklin Castro Ordonez of Gaithersburg, Maryland. Body cam footage shows Officer Justin Lee gave commands for Castro Ordonez to drop the knife, but he did not comply and then advanced toward the Officer Lee while holding the knife. Officer Lee discharged his firearm several times striking Castro Ordonez. Officers called for EMS and performed CPR. Castro Ordonez was pronounced dead on scene. A knife was recovered near Castro Ordonez at the shooting scene. No officers were injured. Three of the stabbing victims were taken to area hospitals. The fourth victim was treated on the scene and released.