Updated: Saturday, 28 Nov 2009, 9:01 PM MST
Published : Saturday, 28 Nov 2009, 8:57 PM MST
PERALTA, N.M. (KRQE) - A police officer is in the hospital, after she was shot in the torso while off-duty after a domestic dispute on Thanksgiving Day.
Investigators identified the officer as Tammy Massart. She was home in Peralta when someone reported hearing gunshots.
State police said Massart was in some sort of dispute with her live-in partner when the gun went off.
The investigation is ongoing.
Massart underwent surgery on Thursday and Friday. Her condition has stabilized.
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