A MAN IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL THURSDAY MORNING AFTER BEING SHOT BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DURING A SWAT SITUATION ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE.
IT STARTED AROUND 9:15 WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHEN THE MAN’S GIRLFRIEND CALLED 911, REPORTING THAT HE HAD BEATEN HER UP AT A HOME ON BRADY NORTHWEST NEAR UNSER AND LADERA. SHE TOLD THE DISPATCHER HE INTOXICATED AND ARMED WITH A GUN.
POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE AND APD SAYS THEY HAD DECIDED TO USE NON-LETHAL ROUNDS ON THE MAN … BUT THE MAN THREATENED THEM AND WAS SHOT. IT’S NOT KNOWN AT THIS POINT IF THE MAN ACTUALLY FIRED ON OFFICERS, BUT APD SAYS THEY DID FIND A WEAPON AT THE SCENE.
FOUR APD OFFICERS ARE NOW STANDARD LEAVE.
