ALBUQUERQUE POLICE STILL DON'T KNOW WHY A MAN CLIMBED A POWER POLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ELECTROCUTED HIMSELF. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO A HOME NEAR SUNSET GARDENS AND 94TH STREET AROUND 4 PM AFTER A CALLER REPORTED SOMEONE IN HER BACKYARD WHO WAS POSSIBLY ARMED.
APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ TELLS US POLICE FOUND THE MAN ON TOP OF AN ELECTRICAL POLE AND TRIED TO TALK HIM DOWN, BUT HE SUDDENLY GRABBED A LIVE WIRE AND SUFFERED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. HE THEN FELL FROM THE POLE. THE MAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.
INVESTIGATORS ARE INTERVIEWING WITNESSES AND NEIGHBORS. THE BODY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR TO CONFIRM CAUSE OF DEATH.
