HOBBS, N.M. — On Sunday at about 2:30 a.m., the Lea County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of shots being fired on Burgess Street in Hobbs.
While responding, deputies were informed that there was a person injured.
Upon arrival, deputies located a man, later identified as 59-year-old Marty Wade Stice of Seminole, outside the residence who had suffered significant trauma from a gunshot wound.
Hobbs EMS personnel arrived to the scene, but Stice was pronounced dead on arrival.
Investigators eventually issued an arrest warrant for 34-year-old Freddy Dominguez-Rodriguez for murder, tampering with evidence, conspiracy to tampering with evidence, resisting, evading, and obstructing.
Dominguez-Rodriguez was in jail on unrelated charges when the warrant was served at the Lea County Detention Center.
The investigation is ongoing and we will update you as we receive more information.
If you have any information, please contact Investigator McKnight at 575-396-8281, or the Lea County Crime Stoppers at 575-393-8005.