THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN SUNDAY NIGHT'S DEADLY SHOOTING OF A MAN IN THE FOOTHILLS. BUT THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WON'T RELEASE ANY MORE INFORMATION UNTIL FRIDAY.
APD IDENTIFIES THE TWO OFFICERS AS KEITH SANDY AND DOMINIQUE PEREZ. SANDY WAS HIRED IN JULY, 2007 … PEREZ IN JULY 2006. CHANNEL 13 REPORTS SANDY'S HIRE CAME JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER HE'D BEEN FIRED FROM STATE POLICE FOR ALLEGED FRAUD. HE WAS NEVER CHARGED IN THE CASE.
POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO LOCATE THE DEAD MAN'S RELATIVES … SO HAVE NOT RELEASED HIS NAME. HE DIED AT UNM HOSPITAL MONDAY. APD CHIEF GORDON EDEN SAYS THE MAN WAS ARMED WITH A KNIFE AND THREATENING.
