A HOMELESS MAN GAVE ONE WOMAN A MAJOR SCARE NEAR DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE SATURDAY NIGHT. CHANNEL 13 NEWS REPORTS THE MAN, PATRICK SHAY, APPROACHED LEIGHA GALLEGOS WITH A LARGE KITCHEN KNIFE AND DEMANDED SPARE CHANGE. SHE IMMEDIATELY RAN TO HER CAR AND CALLED POLICE … THEN LEFT THE SCENE.
SHE SAYS SHAY WAS STILL THERE WHEN SHE CHECKED ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER. APD SAYS SHE NEEDED TO BE THERE AS A WITNESS BEFORE THEY COULD ARREST SHAY. SHE DID MEET WITH AN OFFICER TO GIVE HER STATEMENT.
