Two Charged in Downtown Shooting

TWO PEOPLE ARE UNDER ARREST IN MONDAY’S INCIDENT IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE IN WHICH SHOTS WERE FIRED AT TWO APD OFFICERS. THIRTY-NINE YEAR OLD CARLOS GRIEGO AND 30 YEAR OLD CHERICE VALENCIA FACE CHARGES THAT INCLUDE AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON A PEACE OFFICER AND RECEIVING OR TRANSFERRING A STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE.

BOTH WERE ARRESTED FOLLOWING A STANDOFF AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR 11TH AND COAL. NEITHER OF THE OFFICERS WAS HIT. THREE OTHER PEOPLE SURRENDERED FOLLOWING THE STANDOFF, BUT WERE NOT ARRESTED.

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