Desert Messenger

2 www.DesertMessenger.com September 20, 2017 SUPER SALE! "ADDICTED TO DEALS" "ADDICTED TO DEALS" 1270 W. Main St. Bright Pink Building (across from McDonald's) 928-927-DEAL We‛re OPENING OCT. 1 st *There will be some items we are liquidating at ridiculously LOW prices and of course that special does not apply to these items. Monte says "Come in with an empty truck and LET‛S TALK." However, after 27 years ADDICTED TO DEALS is closing it doors forever! This will be our last season in Quartzsite! DEALERS ARE WELCOME! Starting Oct. 1 st 2017 BUY ANY ITEM in the store at our already LOW discount price and get any item of equal or lesser value at 50% OFF!* NO REASONABLE offer will be refused (when buying large quantities) $ 350.00 per denture when purchasing an upper and lower Dental Laboratory Service, LLC Call: 623-444-4013 Goodyear, AZ http://www.DLSAZ.com FREE CONSULTATIONS Same Day Dentures and Custom Premium Partials and Dentures • US Military Trained with 30 plus Years Experience • 1000's of Satisfied Customers • Extractions & Implants by Licensed AZ Dentist DENTURES Lt. Mike Ewald of Quartzsite Po- lice Department told Desert Messen- ger that Officer Janice Power was the only officer on duty that night. Lt. Ewald and Sgt. Candy Conley were called in after being notified by Offi- cer Power the suspect was headed to- wards Quartzsite. QPD tried to divert the suspect from coming into town. At one point deputies advised the vehicle had fled to another road, so QPD repositioned to I-10 east of Gold Nugget Rd. but the vehicle got past them while they were repositioning. Border Patrol agents located the Mustang at milepost 17 and at- tempted to stop it; a pursuit ensued that ended at milepost 11 near Dome Rock Rd. Ballardo fired shots fired shots at agents, according to CBP at this location. Ballardo fled on foot across the highway to the eastbound side and broke into a commercial truck-trac- tor with an attached semi-trailer. He then took possession of the commercial truck by force from the driver. The commercial truck driver sustained injury but was not trans- ported for medical treatment. Bal- lardo drove the commercial truck eastbound along I-10 and was pur- sued by the La Paz County Sheriff's Office, USBP and State Troopers. SHOOTING FROM PAGE 1 34-year-old Rodolfo Ballardo of Wasco, Calif. died in shootout with agents QPD Officer Power engaged in pur- suit back to town, while Sgt. Conley conducted a traffic break to keep ci- vilian vehicles out of harm's way. Lt. Ewald moved ahead of the pursuit to prepare spikes on Hwy. 95. The suspect took Exit 17 and exchanged gunfire with troopers, agents and deputies. Ballardo continued towards Busi- ness I-10, also known as Main Street, where the truck was finally stopped and a final exchange of gunfire occurred. The suspect was hit during the exchange of gunfire; Lt Ewald and deputies, immediately began administering advanced life- saving techniques to the suspect. Ballardo was transported to an area hospital where he was pro- nounced deceased. Lt. Ewald said, "All the agencies worked very, very well together." Lt. Ewald said, "We all had roles to play; we could have had innocent civilians injured. All the officers act- ed appropriately with great valor." QPD helped protect the scene and photographed the evidence. Ruiz-Zazueta has been charged with first-degree murder, conspir- acy to commit possession of dan- gerous drugs, conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs for sale, and con- spiracy to commit transportation of a dangerous drug for sale. AZDPS detectives are the lead in- vestigators. The FBI, CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility and the La Paz County Sheriff's Department were also involved in the investiga- tion. There were no agents, other law enforcement or bystanders in- jured during this incident. "We had officers leap from dead sleep running out the door, which shows a lot of dedication, and I'm very proud of our officers," said Lt Ewald.

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