THE MAN LED ABQ POLICE ON A CAR CHASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT … THEN GOT INTO A STANDOFF WITH STATE POLICE IN GLORIETA WHERE THE CHASE ENDED … IS NOW DEAD. STATE POLICE SAY THE MAN DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND AROUND 1 THURSDAY MORNING. APD OFFICERS WERE INITIALLY SENT TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR MONTGOMERY AND WASHINGTON ON A SUSPICIOUS PERSON AND VEHICLE REPORT AROUND 6:30PM WEDNESDAY. APD SAYS THE MAN WAS WANTED ON AN OUTSTANDING FELONY WARRANT FOR A SEX OFFENSE. POLICE SAY HE TRIED TO RAM THEIR PATROL CARS WHEN OFFICERS APPROACHED HIM. AIR SUPPORT TRACKED THE SUSPECT TO I-25 NORTHBOUND. STATE POLICE TOOK OVER THE CHASE AND WOUND UP IN THE STANDOFF WITH THE MAN IN GLORIETA. HIS NAME WILL BE RELEASED WHEN HIS NEXT OF KIN IS NOTIFIED.
