Man Who Shot at Officers Arrested

ALBUQUERQUE POLICE PURSUE A SUSPECT THURSDAY NIGHT FROM A WALMART NEAR EUBANK AND COPPER. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE STORE AFTER GETTING A CALL ABOUT A SUSPICIOUS PERSON.

THE MAN FIRST RAN FROM OFFICERS WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEN FIRED AT THEM. NONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS HIT BUT IT TOOK SIX HOURS TO ARREST THE MAN, WHOSE NAME HASN’T BEEN RELEASED. HE HAD BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A HOME, BUT EVENTUALLY GAVE UP AFTER THAT SIX HOUR STANDOFF BETWEEN HIM AND POLICE.

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