Man Arrested in Police Shooting

HE GAVE HIMSELF UP PEACEFULLY WHEN STATE POLICE CAME TO ARREST HIM IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY NIGHT. DANIEL FRANCO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A POLICE SHOOTING AT AN ALBUQUERQUE HOME … AFTER HE GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH A MAN WALKING BY HIS HOME. FRANCO ALLEGEDLY SHOT THE MAN IN THE LEG TWO DAYS BEFORE THE POLICE SHOOTING.

HE LED STATE POLICE IN A CAR CHASE TWO DAYS LATER NEAR LOMAS AND WASHINGTON . FRANCO GOT AWAY AFTER THE OFFICER CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED TO ARREST HIM AT A HOME NEAR 6TH AND MOUNTAIN TUESDAY NIGHT, HE BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE … BUT LATER SURRENDERED.

FRANCO IS FACING CHARGES THAT INCLUDE AGGRAVATED FLEEING AND INTENT TO COMMIT A VIOLENT FELONY.

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