MCKINLEY COUNTY, N.M. - The New Mexico State Police investigated a case about 9:40 pm Aug. 24 in which pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle on Interstate 40 near mile post 2, west of Gallup, N.M.

The initial investigation indicated a 2019 Volvo Commercial Motor Vehicle was traveling west on Interstate 40. For reasons unknown, Myron G. Chischilly, 56, of Manuelito, N.M., was crossing the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 when he was struck by the CMV. Chischilly was pronounced dead at the scene by the Office of Medical Investigators.

The driver of the CMV, a 31-year-old male of Woodridge, Ill., who will not be named, was not injured. The driver did not appear to be under the...

Two children suffered injuries

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal grand jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned an indictment Aug. 15 charging Eli Frank Woody, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, N.M., with federal assault and firearm charges arising out of a July 18 drive-by shooting that injured two Navajo children.

The three-count indictment charges Woody with two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury to a child, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

According to the indictment, Woody assaulted and seriously injured two minor children on July 18 in McKinley County, N.M. The indictment also alleges that Woody used and...

GROUP ASSAULT

Gallup, Aug. 19

A 54-year-old Brimhall man was attacked Aug. 19 by a group of men, who beat him up and stabbed him.

McKinley County Sheriff Deputy Jeff Barnhurst said he was filling up his gas tank on South Second Street when a man came up to him and reported seeing six men jump another man nearby.

Barnhurst said as soon as he finished filling his tank, he drove up Second Street trying to find the man with no success. He then drove into the parking lot at Nugget Gallery and noticed a man’s arm near a rock ledge.

The man was bleeding heavily in the head area. Barnhurst said he asked the man for his name but he wouldn’t tell him. He also said he didn’t want to...

Alonzo Johnson

Aug. 4, 1:48 am

Aggravated DWI

A 21-year-old Gallup man is facing multiple charges after running into several people in his car and being found to be intoxicated.

Alonzo Johnson was charged with two counts of aggravated battery and one count each of aggravated DWI, reckless driving and criminal damage to property.

Gallup Patrol Officer Justin Foster said he was dispatched to the Sports Page Bar, 1400 S. Second St., about 1:48 am Aug. 4 in connection with a report of a man hitting people with his car.

Foster said when he got there, several people told him of a man being stopped after he reportedly ran into people with his car. He said he then came in contact with...