THE MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE FIRED SHOTS AT BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING IS IN CUSTODY. HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER A SIX HOUR STANDOFF WITH DEPUTIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON BARCELONA SOUTHWEST WHERE HE HAD BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE ONE OF THE UNITS. IT'S UNKNOWN IF THE SUSPECT IS RELATED TO THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN THE APARTMENT.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS NOT RELEASED THE MAN'S NAME.
THE INITIAL INCIDENT STARTED AROUND 3:30 WEDNESDAY MORNING WHEN DEPUTIES TRIED TO PULL THE MAN OVER TO CHECK IF THE VEHICLE HE WAS DRIVING WAS STOLEN. THE MAN REFUSED TO STOP, BUT LATER CRASHED AT BARCELONA AND DEL RIO. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TELLS 770 KKOB HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND FIRED SHOTS AT DEPUTIES PURSUING HIM, THEN GOT AWAY. ONE DEPUTY FIRED BACK. THE SUSPECT WAS LATER TREATED FOR A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS SHOULDER.
A WOMAN IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED ON MISDEMEANOR CHARGES NOT RELATED TO THE INCIDENT.
BOTH INCIDENTS AFFECTED BARCELONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEARBY. THE INITIAL SHOOTING AND MANHUNT HAD THE SCHOOL ON A TWO HOUR DELAY. THE SWAT STANDOFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON LED TO STUDENTS BEING BUSED TO ADOBE ACRES ELEMENTARY AROUND NOON, SO THEIR PARENTS COULD TAKE THEM HOME.
