ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE STILL WORKING TO TRACK DOWN A MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND THIS WEEK. THE WOMAN IN HER 30S IS IN STABLE CONDITIONS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. SHE WAS SHOT IN THE TORSO DURING THE NOON HOUR TUESDAY AT A HOME IN THE 13-HUNDRED BLOCK OF WALTER NORTHEAST.
APD SAYS SHE TOLD OFFICERS HER EX-BOYFRIEND … RASTICE BURDEX, WHO'S 20 … SHOT HER. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING OCCURRED ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES AGAINST BURDEX WERE DROPPED WHEN THE WOMAN DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR HIS COURT APPEARANCE.
POLICE BELIEVE BURDEX GOT AWAY IN A EARLY 90S GOLD OR TAN FORD TAURUS. APD SAYS HE HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY … IS AN ADMITTED GANG MEMBER … AND HAS A FELONY CASE PENDING IN BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.
