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NM Police Officer Shot, Suspect Arrested:  An Albuquerque police officer was shot in the head and neck and critically wounded during a traffic stop Wednesday night, and the suspect was arrested.  Blair Miller and Elizabeth Reed of KOB report that at the time of the arrest shortly after the shooting, 34-year-old Davon Lymon had a single handcuff on, indicating that the wounded officer was in the process of arresting Lymon when he was shot.  There was also evidence that the officer attempted to use his Taser.  Lymon has an extensive criminal history, including felony battery and kidnapping charges from a 2014 incident, a 2012 case for robbery and conspiracy that was dismissed, and a guilty plea on voluntary manslaughter, aggravated battery and conspiracy charges in the 2001 murder of 20-year-old Ronald Chanslor Jr., for which he served less than 10.5 years.  Police are still trying to track down a woman who was with Lymon when they were pulled over.  The eight-year veteran of the APD is in critical but stable condition.

Man Confesses to Road-Rage Killing:  A man confessed to Wednesday's fatal shooting of a four-year-old girl that occurred during a road-rage incident on a New Mexico freeway.  Mark Hudetz and Bob Seavey of the AP report that 32-year-old Tony Torrez was arrested Wednesday and admitted to shooting four-year-old Lilly Garcia, who was in the back seat of her father's car when Torrez opened fire at the vehicle, shooting her in the head.  The girl's father asserts that the shooting resulted from road-rage, but it is not yet clear what exactly caused the incident to escalate so violently.  Torrez has been charged with murder, assault, child abuse and other crimes.

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