LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASES IT'S REPORT CRITICAL OF ALBUQUERQUE POLICE, THERE'S ANOTHER FATAL OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED EARLY MONDAY MORNING NEAR ZUNI AND WYOMING SOUTHEAST. AN OFFICER WAS PURSUING A SUSPECTED AUTO THIEF … LATER IDENTIFIED AS 19 YEAR OLD MARY HAWKES.
CHIEF GORDON EDEN SAYS HAWKES WAS SHOT AFTER SHE POINTED A GUN AT THE OFFICER AS SHE RAN FROM HIM. HAWKES IS THE DAUGHTER OF RETIRED VALENCIA COUNTY MAGISTRATE JUDGE DANNY HAWKES.
NO WORD ON HOW MANY SHOTS WERE FIRED AND THE NAME OF THE OFFICER HASN'T BEEN RELEASED YET.
