ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT WHO SHOT A WOMAN DURING THE NOON HOUR TUESDAY NEAR DOWNTOWN. THE VICTIM … DESCRIBED ONLY AS A WOMAN IN HER 30S … WAS SHOT IN THE TORSO AROUND 12:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 13 HUNDRED BLOCK OF WALTER NORTHEAST.
SHE HAD TO UNDERGO SURGERY AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT UNM HOSPITAL. APD OFFICERS SAY, BASED ON WHAT SHE TOLD THEM, THE ACCUSED SHOOTER IS HER 20 YEAR OLD EX-BOYFRIEND, RASTICE BURDEX.
POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING OCCURRED JUST HOURS AFTER CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES AGAINST BURDEX WERE DROPPED. APD SAYS BURDEX HAS AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY AND ONE FELONY CHARGE AGAINST HIM IN BERNALILLO COUNTY.
POLICE SAY BURDEX FLED THE SCENE IN AN EARLY 90S GOLD OR TAN FORD TAURUS.
