A MAN IS IN STABLE CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT WEDNESDAY MORNING NEAR KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE. SECURITY PERSONNEL AT KIRTLAND LATER DETAINED A SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS 31 YEAR OLD GARY SMITH, AND HANDED HIM OVER TO APD.
POLICE SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER TELLS 770 KKOB THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AFTER SMITH BROKE INTO A HOME IN THE 34-HUNDRED BLOCK OF GIBSON. POLICE SAY HE SHOT THE HOMEOWNER IN THE BACK AS HE FLED FOR HIS LIFE. THE INCIDENT STEMMED FROM A PREVIOUS ARGUMENT.
