Suspect Wounded in Officer Involved Shooting

A MAN IS RECOVERING AT AN ALBUQUERQUE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT BY AN APD OFFICER ON SUNDAY. OFFICERS WERE INITIALLY SENT TO 67TH STREET AND ST. JOSEPH’S ON A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL. BUT AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY WERE CONFRONTED BY A SUSPECT ARMED WITH A RIFLE.

THE SUSPECT FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS AT THE OFFICERS … AND ONE OFFICER IS SAID TO HAVE FIRED BACK, HITTING THE SUSPECT. THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE’S LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. THE PERSON’S I-D HASN’T BEEN RELEASED YET.

OFFICERS HAVE BEEN PROCESSING THE SCENE WHERE A TRUCK WAS RIDDLED WITH BULLET HOLES AND THE WINDOW OF A PATROL CAR WAS SHOT OUT.

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