Police have identified the man involved in an early Thursday morning shootout with officers on Central near Louisiana as 18-year-old Timothy Walker, who suffered three gunshot wounds before being caught hiding in a Dumpster behind the Caravan East nightclub, the Albuquerque Journal reported this morning.

Walker, who was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center after being released from the hospital later Thursday, had an outstanding warrant for a 2006 incident in which he was charged with murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with great bodily harm, conspiracy and tampering with evidence, the Journal reported.

Police also said Walker is a registered sex offender, although his name does not appear on the state's sex offender registry, the Journal said.

A criminal complaint says Walker told police he "listened to the voice in his head telling him to run" after a being stopped by officers for driving erratically on Central around 3:30 a.m.

Walker disputed officers' account of the shootout, telling police later that he ran from the 1999 Cadillac he was driving and only fired one warning shot over his shoulder because officers were chasing him, according to the criminal complaint.

He is now charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer and evading police, the Journal reported.

Officers involved in the shootout are now on standard, three-day paid administrative leave, police told the Journal.

During the Thursday morning incident, police arrested 25-year veteran KOB-TV cameraman Rick Foley after APD Officer Daniel Guzman told him to move to a different location, according to another Journal story this morning.

You can see raw video footage of the incident on KOB-TV's Web site.

1:35pm 5/29/08 -- Car Abandoned After Shooting: 1992 Cadillac found just two blocks from where 19-year-old allegedly fired at officers.

Around noon today, Albuquerque police located the 1992 Cadillac Seville from which a 19-year-old driver allegedly fired shots at officers after a traffic stop at Central and Dallas SE at about 2 this morning, APD spokeswoman Officer Nadine Hamby told ABQjournal.com.

There was no sign of the two people who were in the car with the 19-year-old whose name hasn't been released yet by police, Hamby told us. The car was abandoned just two blocks from the original crime scene, she said.

After firing at police, the man ran across the street, and after a massive search of the area, officers found him hiding in a Dumpster behind the Caravan East nightclub just before 4 a.m., Hamby said.

The man had two felony warrants from when he was a juvenile, and although it has been reported that the warrants were for homicides, Hamby said it isn't at all clear from the juvenile warrants what the underlying crimes were.

It is known, however, that the 19-year-old is a registered sex offender, Hamby said.

No officers were injured, and the man reportedly suffered wounds to his arms and legs, for which he was being treated at a hospital. But it isn't clear whether the injuries were from police officers returning fire.

9:15am UPDATE: Police say the man who allegedly fired shots at officers shortly after 2 this morning, then fled on foot and was captured in a Dumpster behind the Caravan East nightclub on East Central is wanted for two homicides and is a suspect in a sex offense, KOB-TV reported.

The man, whose name has not been released, is identified as a 19-year-old male. He was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds, Eyewitness News 4 reported.

6:58am UPDATE -- Two Sought in Early-Morning Shooting: Police look for 1992 brown Cadillac Seville that took off after driver shot at officers.

Albuquerque police are mounting a citywide search for a 1992 brown Cadillac Seville with New Mexico license plate JSL 457 that took off after its driver fired several shots at officers who had stopped the vehicle near Central and Pennsylvania SE around 2:12 a.m., KOB-TV is reporting.

The driver, described as a 19-year-old male who was wanted on several warrants, fired several shots, then took off on foot, and was found bleeding from wounds to his arms and legs near a Dumpster, KOB reported.

Meanwhile, two other people were in the car -- one described as an African-American woman and a male of uncertain description -- and police say the woman jumped into the driver's seat and took off in the Cadillac driving toward southeast Albuquerque, police told reporters.

Anyone who sees the car is asked to call 242-COPS. 

The driver is expected to recover from his wounds, KOB-TV reported.

6:35am UPDATE: Central is closed in both directions between Pennsylvania and San Pablo as police continue their investigation of an early-morning incident in which a man allegedly fired several shots at officers shortly after 3 this morning, KOB-TV is reporting.

The area is expected to be closed to traffic until around 8 or 9 this morning, Eyewitness News 4 reported.

Police pulled over a car at Central and Dallas SE around 3 this morning, and the driver allegedly fired several rounds at officers, then fled on foot, prompting a massive search in a several block area, KOAT-TV is reporting.

The man was found shortly after 4 a.m. near a Dumpster and was reportedly injured, possibly from gunshot wounds, but the injuries are said to be non-life-threatening, Action 7 News reported.

Police are still at the scene, and traffic is expected to be diverted around a wide area surrounding Central and Louisiana SE, according to KOAT-TV.

Breaking at 5:29am -- Louisiana & Central Shut Down: Shots reportedly fired at motel; police have one man in custody.

Police responded around 2 this morning to a report of shots fired at a motel in the area of Louisiana and Central, according to KOAT-TV.

One man is reportedly in custody, Action 7 News is reporting.

We'll bring you more details as we get them. 

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