ALBUQUERQUE POLICE RELEASE THE NAMES OF THE THREE OFFICERS WHO WERE SHOT AND WOUNDED DURING SATURDAY'S INCIDENT INVOLVING CHRISTOPHER CHASE, THE MAN WHO FIRED ON POLICE AND SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND LED THEM ON A CAR CHASE INTO THE NORTH VALLEY.
SO FAR, ONLY ONE OF THE APD OFFICERS REMAINS HOSPITALIZED: 10 YEAR VETERAN DANIEL MORALES. THE OTHER OFFICERS WERE MATTHEW HANNUM AND ERIC MARTINEZ.
MARTINEZ WAS HIRED IN 2004…WHILE HANNUM WAS ORIGINALLY HIRED THAT SAME YEAR AS A POLICE SERVICE AIDE…AND ENTERED THE POLICE ACADEMY IN JULY OF 2006.
CHASE WAS KILLED AFTER HIS STOLEN POLICE CAR CRASHED AT A GAS STATION AT 4TH AND MONTANO.
