POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION IN THE ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS MONDAY OF A SUNDAY EVENING SHOOTING THAT LEFT A SUSPECT IN CRITICAL CONDITION. OPEN SPACE OFFICERS WERE INITIALLY SENT TO THE 800 BLOCK OF PIEDRA VISTA NEAR TRAMWAY AND COPPER JUST BEFORE 4 PM SUNDAY AFTER GETTING A CALL THAT A MAN WAS ILLEGALLY CAMPING THERE. THEY SAY THE MAN WAS ARMED WITH A KNIFE AND THREATENED OFFICERS.
AT ONE POINT, THE MAN ASKED FOR STATE POLICE … SAYING HE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THE MAN ONLY GOT ANGRIER AND AGAIN THREATENED OFFICERS. A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRIED FOR HOURS TO TALK THE MAN INTO SURRENDERING.
APD CHIEF GORDON EDEN SAYS "LESS THAN LETHAL" WAS FULLY DEPLOYED … THEN A SHOT WAS FIRED. HE DID NOT SAY WHO FIRED THE SHOT. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS REPORTING THAT IT WAS AN OFFICER WHO FIRED THE SHOT.
EDEN SAYS THERE'S STILL A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER IN THEIR INVESTIGATION BECAUSE WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN IS VERY ROCKY AND HILLY. HE SAYS THERE'S A LOT OF AREA TO SEARCH AND MANY PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW.
