A SUSPECT WANTED BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE IS CORNERED IN A SOUTH VALLEY SUPERMARKET THURSDAY AFTERNOON. APD OFFICER TANNER TIXIER TELLS 770 KKOB THAT 42 YEAR OLD GABRIEL MATTHEWS WAS SPOTTED BY DEPUTIES IN A STOLEN TRUCK AT CENTRAL AND CYPRUS NEAR PRO'S RANCH MARKET ON ATRISCO. HE SAYS MATTHEWS TOOK OFF ON FOOT AND LED POLICE ON A DANGEROUS CHASE.
MATTHEWS RAN INTO PRO'S RANCH MARKET AT CENTRAL AND ATRISCO, WHICH WAS EVACUATED. MATTHEWS WAS LATER FOUND HIDING IN A WALK-IN FREEZER JUST BEFORE 5PM AND ARRESTED. POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW HE GOT AHOLD OF THE TACTICAL VEST THAT WAS FOUND IN THE STOLEN TRUCK.
MATTHEWS' RAP SHEET SHOWS HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH VIOLENT CRIMES AND THEFT THIS YEAR AND IN 2013.
