MORE INFORMATION BEING RELEASED ON A POLICE SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THAT LEFT A MAN DEAD. APD HAS IDENTIFIED THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT AS 34 YEAR OLD JOHN EDWARD O'KEEFE. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE 2000 BLOCK OF SAN MATEO NORTHEAST FOLLOWING A REPORT OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.
POLICE SAY O'KEEFE, A CONVICTED FELON, WAS WEARING BODY ARMOR. THEY SAY THE GUN HE USED AND THE BULLET PROOF VEST HE WAS WEARING HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY'S HOME WHEN THE DEPUTY WAS NOT AT HOME.
ONE MAN WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. BUT O'KEEFE RAN AND, ACCORDING TO APD, TWICE FIRED SHOTS AT OFFICERS. THE SECOND TIME, OFFICERS FIRED BACK, HITTING AND KILLING O'KEEFE.
THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING HAVEN'T BEEN RELEASED.
