AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A MAN WITH A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY IS SHOT AND WOUNDED BY BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES. SHERIFF MANNY GONZALES SAYS THE DEPUTIES WERE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE ON EAST CENTRAL MONDAY WHEN THEY CONFRONTED THE WANTED SUSPECT. SHOTS WERE FIRED, AND THE SUSPECT WAS HIT AT LEAST ONCE.
GONZALES SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS WANTED ON A FELONY WARRANT AND OTHER CHARGES. THE SHERIFF ALSO SAYS THE MAN HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE MED OVER 45 TIMES.
THE SUSPECT IS A HISPANIC MALE IN HIS MID 30S. GONZALES SAYS THE SURVEILLANCE OPERATION IS PART OF AN INITIATIVE CALLED “SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS” WHICH NETTED 80 ARRESTS IN THE SAME AREA SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
