A MAN IS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY AFTER ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE SENT TO A REPORTED FIRE UNDER THE I-40/12TH STREET OVERPASS. THEY FOUND A MAN AND A MATTRESS THERE, BOTH WHICH HAD BEEN SET ON FIRE. OFFICER REGINA SANCHEZ ARRIVED ON SCENE MINUTES EARLIER AND USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES ON THE MAN. FIRE CREWS EXTINGUISHED THE MATTRESS FIRE.
WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THEY SAW TWO MEN FLEE THE SCENE … ONE DESCRIBED AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN IN HIS 40S WITH A LARGE BUILD. THE OTHER WAS SMALLER AND BALD OR BALDING. THE TWO POSSIBLY GO BY THE NAMES RANDY AND A-Z.
POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL 242-COPS OR CRIMESTOPPERS
