GUARDS AT THE METRO DETENTION CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE FOUND A HOMEMADE SHANK, OR KNIFE, IN THE JAIL CELL OF CHRISTOPHER COOK MONDAY. COOK IS THE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND INJURED APD OFFICER LOU GOLSON DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN JANUARY. THE DISCOVERY CAME DURING A ROUTINE SEARCH.
COOK IS NOW CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A DEADLY WEAPON BY A PRISONER AND EVIDENCE TAMPERING. HE ALREADY FACES ATTEMPTED MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING OF OFFICER GOLSON ON JANUARY THIRD. GOLSON SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES, BUT SURVIVED.
