APD: Suspect killed in standoff near downtown

APD: Suspect killed in standoff near downtown

Police say a suspect was shot and killed in a standoff with officers Saturday near downtown Albuquerque.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police say a suspect was shot and killed in a standoff with officers Saturday near downtown Albuquerque.

Around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to a domestic violence call at the Family Dollar on Broadway. When they arrived, a manager reportedly told them someone was shoplifting. The suspect allegedly ran away and flashed a gun at officers chasing after him.

The suspect then allegedly barricaded himself in a shed on Arno Road. Officers set up a perimeter and tried negotiating with the suspect. At some point, he allegedly fired one gunshot.

“When they had a warrant for the individual’s arrest, this was about two hours already had passed that they tried to negotiate with the individual, give him commands. They attempted 60 phone calls to the individual with the throw phone,” APD Chief Harold Medina said.

Officers called in SWAT. After nearly two hours of negotiations, police shot and killed the suspect around 7 p.m.

No officers were injured. The officers involved in the shooting are on standard administrative leave.