The Office of the Twelfth Judicial District Attorney announced on Friday, November 8, that Dominic De La O has been found guilty of first-degree murder and multiple other charges by an Otero County jury in connection with the fatal shooting of an Alamogordo police officer.
In addition to the murder charge, De La O was convicted of tampering with evidence, aggravated fleeing from law enforcement, criminal trespass, and two counts of resisting, evading, or obstructing an officer.
The verdict came after the jury heard testimony from 21 witnesses for the prosecution, who presented details about the events that occurred on July 15, 2023.
According to the evidence presented, an officer from the Alamogordo Police Department initiated a traffic stop at the intersection of 9th Street and Puerto Rico Avenue in Alamogordo, New Mexico. While two passengers exited the vehicle and approached the officer with their hands raised, De La O took the driver’s seat and sped away.
During the subsequent pursuit, De La O collided with a light pole and attempted to flee on foot while armed with a sawed-off shotgun. He then turned and fatally shot Officer Anthony Ferguson. Ferguson was airlifted to the University Medical Center in El Paso but tragically died from his injuries on July 16, 2023.
The case was prosecuted by District Attorney Scot D. Key, with support from Deputy District Attorney Mikel Ward and Assistant District Attorney Ryan Suggs. “Key expressed his gratitude to the law enforcement community and all justice partners for their unwavering dedication and commitment to seeking justice in this case,” according to the official statement.
De La O will remain in custody until his sentencing, which is set for November 12 at 9:00 a.m. He faces a maximum sentence of life without parole, in addition to eight years and 361 days.
Give De La O life without parole, plus the bonus 8 years and 361 days. Throw away the key.
Pray for the Ferguson family, may they find some measure of closure and peace.
God Bless you Officer Ferguson and Family.
Thanks to Democrats MLG, Raul Torrez, judges, sheriff’s and Many others who are part of the machine in NM. The criminals that reoffend, do not serve time and shortage of law enforcement. Officer Ferguson and Officer Hare are heroes.
Bigger question. How was De La O loose to do this? Shouldn’t they also be liable for this murder?
I’ll furnish the hammers and nails. A hanging platform is a very well deserved show of “We don’t tolerate killing of Police officers!”
Lets see ,life in prison at $1,000,000 a year ,as a cop killer he will be royalty in his temperature controlled, fully fed -clothed kingdom with captive sex (rape) partners,parasitic attorneys (aclu) will try to spin his conviction as wrong to gain traction with the left. In a few years he will be out to possibly exact vengance while running for the school board….sound close ?
Life in prison means nothing in New Mexico. The maximum for life in New Mexico is 30 years. This is another reason we need to drain our own swamp of those politicians who support lax criminal prosecutions in our state.