Man Shot By Cops Pleads Guilty

A MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE LAST MONTH MADE A COURT APPEARANCE MONDAY. LAMBERT JOE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES THAT INCLUDE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER. AUTHORITIES SAY JOE WAS POINTING A GUN AT PEOPLE AND EVEN FIRED OFF A ROUND AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE 200 BLOCK OF DALLAS NORTHEAST, NEAR THE FAIRGROUNDS.

WHEN JOE POINTED A GUN AT OFFICERS, THEY FIRED, HITTING HIM. LAST WEEK, APD IDENTIFIED THE OFFICERS WHO FIRED THEIR WEAPONS AS IAN ROSS AND RICHARD WHITTEN.

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