ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY AN OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED A SUSPECT MONDAY NIGHT AFTER THE MAN POINTED A GUN AT THE OFFICER FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP. THE MAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 43 YEAR OLD ROBERT SAVELLI…AND POLICE SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER SAY SAVELLI HAD THREE ACTIVE WARRANTS OUT FOR HIS ARREST.
APD SAYS THE INCIDENT BEGAN WHEN THE OFFICER SPOTTED SAVELLI RIDING A SCOOTER WITH NO LICENSE PLATE NEAR MENAUL AND UNIVERSITY. TIXIER SAYS IT WAS ALL CAPTURED ON THE OFFICER’S LAPEL CAMERA.
