ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities in Bernalillo County say a man was killed by a deputy after fleeing the scene of a fight where a shot had reportedly been fired.
Sheriff Manny Gonzales said at a news conference early Monday that the shooting is the first deputy-involved shooting since the agency began incorporating body cameras on all officers.
The incident began when deputies were en route to a call about a possible fight in the South Valley area and were told there was gun fire.
When they arrived, deputies followed a suspect on foot.
Gonzales says it’s not clear after that how much gunfire was exchanged but that a bullet from one deputy hit the suspect.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. No deputies were injured.
The sheriff says all the officers had their body cameras on. The shooting is under investigation.
The suspect has not yet been identified.
Gonzales last month unveiled body cameras that are being worn by all 310 deputies in the wake of a newly approved state law requiring law enforcement to have them.
Bernalillo County, which includes Albuquerque, has agreed to a more than $3 million, five-year contract for the BodyWorn camera by Utility Inc.
