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Watch Live: Officials hold news conference about shooting in Chaparral, New Mexico

Update: Officials are holding a news conference Wednesday morning to address the shooting. You can watch that below.


Update: Dona Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart said deputies opened fire on the man. She said the man was unarmed, and she does not know if deputies shot the man purposefully or accidentally.


CHAPARRAL, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Deputies with the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office responded to a theft in progress call near Luna Azul and Prescott Anthony Drive in Chaparral Monday.

Officials say that deputies struggled with a man and shots were fired. The man is now dead. Investigators with DASO and the Officer-Involved Shooting Task Force are now looking into the man's death.

They are not identifing the man until they can tell his next of kin.

"As with our procedure, we will advise of a press conference within the next 48 hours," a spokesperson stated Monday.

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