ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE STILL ON SCENE NEAR 98TH AND TOWER ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. THEY’VE BEEN IN THE 700 BLOCK OF TERRA COTTA SOUTHWEST SINCE A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED NEAR THERE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECT, WHO HASN’T BEEN IDENTIFIED, HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THEN, AND POLICE BELIEVE THAT SUSPECT IS BARRICADED INSIDE A HOME. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SHELTER IN PLACE.
APD HAS BEEN TRYING TO CONVINCE THE SUSPECT TO SURRENDER. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE ASSISTING THEM SINCE THE VICTIM HAD FEDERAL TIES. BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND THE U-S POSTAL INSPECTIONS SERVICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING.
