ALBUQUERQUE POLICE TAKE A MAN INTO CUSTODY WHO REPORTEDLY WAS FIRING A GUN IN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS EARLY WEDNESDAY. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE 10 THOUSAND BLOCK OF LOMAS NEAR EUBANK AROUND 7 AM AFTER GETTING A 911 CALL ABOUT A MAN THREATENING SUICIDE AND YELLING FOR SOMEONE TO CALL POLICE. THEY THEN GOT ANOTHER CALL THAT THE MAN WAS FIRING A GUN OUTSIDE.
OFFICERS ARRIVING ON SCENE SAY THE MAN POINTED THE WEAPON AT HIMSELF AS THEY APPROACHED HIM. APD SAYS THE POLICE USED VERBAL DE-ESCALATION TACTICS TO GET HIM TO PUT DOWN THE GUN, THEN TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY.
THE MAN'S NAME HASN'T BEEN RELEASED. APD SPOKESPERSON TASIA MARTINEZ SAYS HE'S BEEN TAKEN TO A FACILITY FOR A MENTAL EVALUATION, BUT WILL LIKELY FACE CHARGES FOR FIRING HIS GUN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
