ONE PEDESTRIAN IS DEAD AND THREE OTHERS ARE INJURED FOLLOWING A HIT AND RUN INCIDENT EARLY MONDAY MORNING NEAR DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. APD OFFICER TANNER TIXIER SAYS THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO THE AREA OF FIRST AND IRON AROUND 2:20AM. OFFICERS FOUND ONE PERSON WAS DECEASED AND THREE OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
HE SAYS THEY FIRST CALLED OUT THEIR TRAFFIC OFFICERS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. THEY THEN REALIZED THE DRIVER OF A BLACK FADED SUV APPEARED TO HAVE INTENTIONALLY HIT THE PEDESTRIANS.
OFFICERS CONTINUE THEIR HUNT FOR THE S-U-V OR TRUCK, WHICH THEY SAYS SHOULD HAVE FRONT END DAMAGE. TWO PEOPLE WERE BELIEVED TO BE IN THE VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT NO VICTIM I-D'S HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
