SWAT Situation Closes Southeast Albuquerque Streets

THERE ARE STILL FEW DETAILS, BUT ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ACTIVATED THEIR SWAT OFFICERS VERY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TO HELP COAX A MAN OUT OF A HOUSE ON DALLAS NEAR ZUNI.  APD GOT A CALL EARLY FRIDAY ABOUT A SHOOTING IN THE 300 BLOCK OF DALLAS NEAR ZUNI AND PENNSYLVANIA. WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE, OFFICERS FOUND A MAN THERE WHO’S BEEN SHOT. HE’S EXPECTED TO SURVIVE AND HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE SUSPECT, MEANWHILE, BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A HOUSE NEAR DALLAS AND ZUNI AND HAS REFUSED POLICE COMMANDS TO GIVE HIMSELF UP. THE SWAT SITUATION IS ONGOING AND MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD AVOID THAT AREA.

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