APD Officer Fired

AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER IS OUT OF A JOB THURSDAY. JONATHAN MCDONNELL HAS ADMITTED TO DRIVING TOO FAST … ABOUT 80 MILES-AN-HOUR … WHEN HE RAMMED INTO AN S-U-V CARRYING A FAMILY WHILE RESPONDING TO AN ASSAULT CALL IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR. ANTIONETTE SUINA’S TWO CHILDREN WERE WITH HER IN THE VEHICLE THAT WAS HIT AT EUBANK AND INDIAN SCHOOL. HER 6-YEAR-OLD SON DIED AT THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING ON LIFE SUPPORT . SUINA AND HER 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WERE ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND SHE IS NOW SUING MCDONNELL AND THE CITY SEEKING MEDICAL EXPENSES AND FUNERAL COSTS. MCDONNELL WAS FIRED WEDNESDAY BY CHIEF MICHAEL GEYER. .

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