CENTRAL BETWEEN 7TH AND 10TH STREETS IS BACK OPEN IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE AFTER A DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING. BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE INITIALLY SENT TO AN ARMED ROBBERY IN THE SOUTH VALLEY AT A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE ON ISLETA AROUND 9PM WEDNESDAY. THEN THEY GOT ANOTHER CALL ABOUT AN ARMED ROBBERY AT A CHEVRON STATION NEAR THE DOLLAR STORE. THE SUSPECT IN BOTH CASES WAS DESCRIBED AS THE SAME PERSON.
SHERIFF MANNY GONZALES SAYS THE SUSPECT THE FIRED A SHOT BEFORE DRIVING DOWNTOWN. THE CHASE ENDED AT 8TH AND CENTRAL WHEN HE SLAMMED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND INJURED THE OCCUPANTS. HE WAS ARRESTED BUT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED.
A THIRD SUSPECT WAS CAPTURED TRYING TO GET AWAY BY CARJACKING A DRIVER.
