A 24 YEAR OLD MAN IS SHOT TO DEATH BY SANTA FE POLICE AFTER HE GOT INTO A STANDOFF WITH THEM ON WEDNESDAY AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR ST. FRANCIS DRIVE AND SIRINGO ROAD WHERE HE’D JUST BEEN EVICTED.
POLICE SAY ANTHONY BENAVIDEZ THREW HOMEMADE BOMBS AT OFFICERS AND STABBED A SOCIAL WORKER SENT TO THE SCENE TO TRY TO DEFUSE THE SITUATION. SWAT ARRIVED ON SCENE AFTER THE SOCIAL WORKER WAS STABBED.
BENAVIDEZ HAD BEEN A TENANT AT ONE TIME BUT BROKE INTO HIS OLD APARTMENT AFTER HE WAS EVICTED.
