ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY NO NEW INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED ON SUNDAY NIGHT'S POLICE SHOOTING OF A MAN IN THE FOOTHILLS. APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ SAYS THEY'RE STILL INTERVIEWING WITNESSES AND OFFICERS ON WHAT HAPPENED. SHE SAYS THEY WON'T RELEASE ANY NEW INFORMATION UNTIL THAT PROCESS IS DONE.
THE IDENTITY OF THE MAN SHOT NEAR COPPER AND TRAMWAY SUNDAY ALSO STILL HASN'T BEEN RELEASED. HE DIED MONDAY MORNING AT THE HOSPITAL.
APD SAYS THE MAN WAS SHOT AFTER REPEATEDLY THREATENING OFFICERS CALLED TO THE SCENE TO CHECK OUT A PERSON ILLEGALLY CAMPING IN THE AREA. APD CHIEF GORDON EDEN SAYS THE MAN WAS ARMED WITH A KNIFE … AND MAY HAVE HAD SEVERAL KNIVES WITH HIM.
