ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED 35 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER CHASE TO OPEN FIRE ON APD OFFICERS AND BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SATURDAY WITH AN ASSAULT RIFLE. APD CHIEF ALLEN BANKS SAYS CHASE HAD A TATTOO ON HIM THAT READ "COP KILLER."
APD SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT ON CHASE'S HOME IN THE 800 BLOCK OF WALTER SOUTHEAST SATURDAY. ONE ARRIVAL, BANKS SAYS THEY SAW SOMETHING IN A WINDOW THAT LOOKED LIKE A BOOBY-TRAP … WENT INSIDE TO CHECK IT OUT AND DETERMINED IT WAS FAKE. HE HAD FISHING LINE, WHAT LOOKED LIKE FAKE ARTILLERY SHELLS, AND THE WINDOWS BOARDED UP.
BANKS SAYS CHASE HAD OTHER RUN-INS WITH THE LAW IN THE PAST AND HAD A HISTORY OF EMBEZZLEMENT, FRAUD, AND TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
