Hitchhiker details what led up to fatal shooting of officer
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September 4, 2016
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP, posted Sept. 5, 2016) — A hitchhiker who authorities say jumped into a car with two Ohio fugitives before one of them fatally shot a New Mexico police officer says he had no way of knowing that the two men were suspects in a killing halfway across the country.
Tony Jones also told the Las Cruces Sun-News (http://bit.ly/2bYP4yI) that he couldn't have imagined how the encounter would have ended up with all three being jailed in New Mexico.
"I didn't do anything wrong; I'm a nice guy," Jones said. "It was a bad situation."
Authorities say the car's driver, 38-year-old Jesse...
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