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Officer arrested after confrontation

Updated: Tuesday, 19 Feb 2013, 10:01 AM MST
Published : Tuesday, 19 Feb 2013, 10:01 AM MST

SANTA FE (KRQE) - A Santa Fe police officer has been arrested for pulling his gun in an off duty confrontation with another man.
    
Police say Christopher Sandoval got into a dispute outside a Rio Rancho Walgreens Friday afternoon.
    
The other man wanted Sandoval to move his car, there was a heated argument which allegedly ended with Sandoval pulling his weapon and pointing it at the man.
     
Sandoval, a four-year veteran of Santa Fe Police Department was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
   
He's been put on desk duty pending the outcome of the criminal investigation and an internal department investigation.

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