POLICE ACTIVITY IN ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTH VALLEY THAT HAD PART OF ISLETA CLOSED TO TRAFFIC TUESDAY MORNING TURNED OUT TO BE A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING. SHERIFF’S SPOKESPERSON FELICIA MAGGARD TELLS US THE SUSPECT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COMMITTED AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AT THE POST OFFICE ON ISLETA NEAR NASHVILLE. THEY TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PERSON BUT HE RAN.
DEPUTIES DID PURSUE HIM. MAGGARD SAYS ONE DEPUTY SAW THE SUSPECT HAD A FIREARM AND ONE SHOT WAS FIRED, BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED BUT HASN’T BEEN IDENTIFIED YET. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS STILL INVESTIGATING.
WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN ISLETA BETWEEN GATEWOOD AND BLETCHER ARE BACK OPEN TO TRAFFIC.
