ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – A jury has convicted the man who killed an Alamogordo police officer in 2023.

Dominic De La O was found guilty of first-degree murder. He shot and killed officer Anthony Ferguson after a traffic stop last July.

He faces life without parole when he is sentence next week.

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