THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS APD OFFICER LOU GOLSON WAS JUSTIFIED WHEN HE FIRED SHOTS AT A SUSPECT IN JANUARY OF 2015. OF COURSE, GOLSON HAD ALREADY BEEN SHOT SEVERAL TIMES BY CHRISTOPHER COOK FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP.
IN A LETTER TO POLICE CHIEF GORDEN EDEN, D-A KARI BRANDENBURG SAYS GOLSON WAS CLEARLY ACTING IN SELF DEFENSE WHEN HE FIRED HIS WEAPON. GOLSON SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES, BUT SURVIVED.
COOK, WHO WAS LATER ARRESTED, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHOOTING OFFICER GOLSON.
