Police say a man shot by an Albuquerque officer during a confrontation in the foothills has died. Albuquerque police spokeswoman Tasia Martinez said the man died Monday morning. Police Chief Gordon Eden told reporters the man was shot Sunday night and was rushed to the University of New Mexico Hospital. According to Eden, officers arrived at the foothills after receiving a suspicious person call. He says when officers arrived, the man, who has not been named, threatened the officers' lives. Eden says “less-than-lethal force'' was used to calm the man but an officer eventually fired one shot. The name of the officer in the shooting has not been released. The shooting comes as Albuquerque police is under a U.S. Justice Department investigation over allegations of excessive force and three dozen shootings since 2010.
