TWO ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. IT HAPPENED NEAR SAN MATEO AND GRAND AVENUE.
POLICE WERE SENT TO A CRIME-IN-PROGRESS AFTER A MAN CALLED 911 REPORTING THAT HE WAS NOT AT HOME, BUT COULD SEE ON HIS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM THAT A MAN HAD BROKEN INTO HIS HOME ON TRUMAN NORTHEAST NEAR CENTRAL. OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND CAUGHT UP WITH THE SUSPECT. AS THEY TRIED TO STOP HIM, HE FLED AND WAS SHOT.
APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. HE REPORTEDLY HAS NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED.
