ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A neighbor of an Albuquerque man fatally shot by police in his back yard has testified she thought he was being attacked by robbers. Testimony began Monday in District Court in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of Christopher Torres. The 27-year-old was shot in the back at close range in 2011 by officers trying to serve an arrest warrant on an aggravated auto burglary charge.
Police have said Torres tried to punch one of the officers and was shot after he grabbed the officer's gun during a scuffle. Neighbor Christie Apodaca testified that she saw one of the officers pull his gun after punching Torres and then tell Torres he was going to shoot him.
She said didn't see Torres with a gun.
