THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS A FULL BLOWN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A SUSPECT WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY OFFICERS ON TUESDAY MORNING. SPOKESMAN SIMON DROBIK TELLS 770 KKOB POLICE GOT A REPORT OF AN ATTEMPTED CARJACKING NEAR CENTRAL AND PENNSYLVANIA AROUND 9:30 AM…AND THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON UTAH, A BLOCK EAST OF THERE.
THE TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE ON PAID STANDARD LEAVE. THEY’VE BOTH BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2001.
DROBIK SAYS A GUN WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE, BUT IT’S UNCLEAR IF THE SUSPECT FIRED SHOTS. NO OFFICERS WERE HURT.
