A SUSPECT IS FATALLY SHOT AFTER SEVERAL CARJACKINGS IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE INCIDENT BEGAN WHEN POLICE WENT TO A REPORTED SHOOTING OF A MAN IN THE 200 BLOCK OF RHODE ISLAND NORTHEAST AROUND 11:00 AM. THE SUSPECT THEN CARJACKED TWO OCCUPIED VEHICLES BEFORE BEING SHOT NEAR EL ENCANTO AND LA VETA NORTHEAST NEAR SAN MATEO AND CONSTITUTION. POLICE SAY HE WAS ATTEMPTING A THIRD CAR-JACKING.
HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL . HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD.
AN APD OFFICER AND TWO SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT DEPUTIES ARE NOW ON PAID LEAVE.
