SHOOTING SPREE SUSPECT LEFT NOTE TO APD

 

ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A SUSPECT IN THE SHOOTING OF FOUR OFFICERS SATURDAY TRIED TO MAKE IT APPEAR THAT HIS HOUSE HAD BEEN BOOBY-TRAPPED. THE BOOBY-TRAPS WERE FOUND TO BE FAKE, BUT KOB TV IS REPORTING 35 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER CHASE ALSO LEFT A NOTE AT HIS HOUSE ADDRESSED "DEAR APD." THE CONTENTS OF THE NOTE AREN'T KNOWN.

CHASE DIED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A POLICE PURSUIT AT 4TH AND MONTANO, ALTHOUGH THE CAUSE OF DEATH HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED.

A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY WAS THE MOST SERIOUSLY WOUNDED OF THE FOUR. AT LAST REPORT, ROBIN HOPKINS REMAINED IN INTENSIVE CARE.