ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A murder suspect is in critical condition after Albuquerque police officers shot him while trying to take him into custody. 

APD says this was the eighth homicide suspect officers had tracked down this week.

The shooting happened around 6 p.m. Thursday near Sage and Unser in southwest Albuquerque.

Officers say they were looking for 19-year-old Julian Garcia from a 2024 homicide. They say when they found him, he ran into a field, and pulled a gun. 

APD Chief Harold Medina says officers tried to use “less lethal” means of getting Garcia into custody. But officers shot him when he started running toward houses in the area. 

No officers were hurt.