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Updated: 5:22 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 | Posted: 2:57 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013
LAS CRUCES, N.M. —
Police said a 23-year-old man armed with a knife was shot by a police officer Wednesday afternoon.
The officer-involved shooting happened around 1 p.m. at a residence on the 500 block of Corona Del Campo Loop in Las Cruces.
Police said officers were responding to a trespassing call and found a man with a knife. The man refused to drop the knife and approached the officer in a threatening manner, police said.
The officer fired at least once and struck the man, police said.
The man was airlifted to University Medical Center in El Paso with non-life-threatening injuries.
The officer, a five-year veteran, was placed on administrative leave as per standard protocol.
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