ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE OFFICER WHO UNEXPECTEDLY DIED YESTERDAY WAS FIELD TRAINING OFFICER JOHN KELLY. HE WAS ALSO A DETECTIVE WITH APD’S SOUTHEAST IMPACT TEAM. KELLY JOINED APD IN 2006 AFTER SERVING IN THE U-S ARMY. HE LEAVES BEHIND 3 CHILDREN AND 3 STEP CHILDREN. KELLY COLLAPSED FROM A CATASTROPHIC MEDICAL EVENT AS HE WAS PREPARING A TRAINING EXERCISE IN ALBUQUERQUE.
