AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING WAS PART OF THE INCIDENT TUESDAY MORNING THAT CLOSED ALL EAST AND WEST BOUND LANES OF IRVING AT UNSER ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE TO TRAFFIC. POLICE ACTIVITY CONTINUED THERE AFTER RIO RANCHO P-D GOT REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED IN THE AREA AROUND 7:15AM. KOB-TV REPORTS THE SHOTS WERE REPORTEDLY FIRED AT A BUSINESS AT SOUTHERN AND UNSER . RIO RANCHO POLICE SPOKESMAN CAPTAIN RON VIGIL SAYS SHOT WERE THEN EXCHANGED. NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED AND IT’S UNKNOWN IF THE SUSPECT WAS HIT.
POLICE THERE HAVE YET TO UPDATE US WITH NEW INFORMATION ON THIS INCIDENT BUT ONCE THEY PROVIDE US WITH IT, WE’LL PASS IT ON TO YOU. BUT WE NOW KNOW THAT ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUT ON LOCKDOWN SIERRA VISTA AND SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS MONROE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
