A STANDOFF ON AN OVERPASS DID NOT END WELL IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY. POLICE SAY A 16 YEAR OLD BOY…WEARING ONLY HIS UNDERWEAR…HAS IRREVERSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE AFTER JUMPING FROM THE CANDELARIA OVERPASS ONTO NORTHBOUND PAN AMERICAN FREEWAY. THAT DESPITE ATTEMPTS BY POLICE TO BRING HIM DOWN SAFELY.
APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. DROBIK SAYS THE BOY’S MOTHER HAD CALLED POLICE TO SAY HER SON WAS IN DISTRESS.
ON SUNDAY, A MAN THREATENED TO JUMP ONTO I-40 FROM THE LOUISIANA OVERPASS. HE WAS FINALLY BROUGHT TO SAFETY AFTER A 13 HOUR SHUTDOWN OF THE INTERSTATE.
