ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 2:30 FRIDAY MORNING IN THE AREA OF MONTGOMERY AND JEFFERSON. THE INVESTIGATION HAD MONTGOMERY CLOSED IN THE AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
POLICE CHIEF ALLEN BANKS TELLS REPORTERS THAT AN OFFICER PULLED OVER A VEHICLE ON SUSPICION OF DRUNK DRIVING. BANKS WHILE CONDUCTING A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN HE GOT INTO A CONFRONTATION WITH A MAN WHO WAS A DRUNK DRIVING SUSPECT. BANKS SAYS THE OFFICER LATER TOLD OTHER POLICE THAT THE DRIVER SHOWED A GUN. THE SUSPECT THEN GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND THERE WAS A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN HIM AND THE OFFICER. SHOTS WERE FIRED AND THE SUSPECT WAS HIT. THE OFFICER WASN'T HURT.
THE SUSPECT WAS LAST LISTED IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION.
