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Straight-shooting Judge.(Exercising The Right)(Brief Article)

The New American

| December 13, 2004 | Williamsen, Kurt | COPYRIGHT 2004 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Shortly after 11 p.m. on the night of October 8, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Municipal Judge Calvin Shields, a former chief of police, let his dogs out in the backyard and saw a man, later identified as Michael Tinervia, looking in a window. The October 18 Rio Rancho Observer reported that Judge Shields told Tinervia to leave. The judge then had his wife call 911 before getting a gun and going back outside.

John Francis, spokesman for the Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety, one of the agencies investigating the incident, told the Observer that when Judge Shields went back outside, Tinervia shot at him. The judge returned fire, and both men emptied their guns.

Tinervia was killed, but luckily, the judge narrowly escaped serious injury: "One of the deceased's rounds went through the judge's ...

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