Deputy Sheriff Billy Meador

Billy Meador

Deputy Sheriff Billy Meador succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day when he was shot while attempting to make an arrest in Mountainair with his father, how was the county sheriff.

They were attempting to arrest the parolee on a warrant for assaulting an officer in Bernalillo County when the shooting occurred. The subject was shot and wounded during the shootout but was able to escape. He was eventually arrested and convicted of second degree murder. The subject's brother and brother-in-law were acquitted of the same charge.