Dean Cummings mugshot. (Sandoval County New Mexico)

KRQE News 13 in New Mexico reported Dean Cummings is facing a first-degree murder charge for shooting Guillermo Arriola on Saturday in a trailer home near Cabezon Peak. Cummings, 54-years-old, was a member of the US freestyle ski team in the 1990’s and one of the pioneers of Extreme Skiing, competing in the World Extreme Skiing Championships and starting H20 Heli Adventures in Valdez.

Cummings grew up in Los Alamos, and KRQE reported it is not clear why he was in New Mexico this past weekend. He did tell Sandoval County deputies he was trying to buy the property where the shooting took place, and a disagreement over that sale led to the altercation. Cummings claims he shot Arriola in self-defense. Cummings is being held without bail as he awaits trial in Sandoval County Jail.

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