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List/Grid Author Archives: Jeff Proctor / Journal Staff Writer

Police Chief Ray Schultz listens at a news conference last year, when the U.S. Department of Justice announced an investigation into APD. On Friday, he announced his plans to retire. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal)

Breaking: Chief Schultz to step down

Embattled Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz is stepping down, according to a news release from the Mayor’s Office. Schultz leaves APD as the department he has led for nearly eight years is under a federal civil rights investigation. -Includes Schultz's full letter of resignation.   - Background: "In the Hot Seat"

Odds, ends and context from the Ellis trial

The waiting continues this morning for a jury to decide how much the city of Albuquerque must pay the 7-year-old son of Kenneth Ellis III, who was unlawfully shot and... Read more »
Kenneth Ellis II, waits for a verdict from the jury in an Albuquerque courtroom Friday, March 15, 2013.

Jury awards more than $10 million in APD shooting trial

The verdict includes $2.7 million in punitive damages against Lampiris-Tremba and damages of $7.6 million against the city.
APD attorney Kathy Levy holds up the knife Ellis handed over to officers the day he was shot. (Jeff Proctor/Journal)

Live Coverage: Jury gets APD shooting case

Jury should get APD case today. Journal reporter Jeff Proctor is in the courtroom providing live coverage.
APD Detective Brett Lampiris-Tremba describes during cross examination how Kenneth Ellis III was holding the gun to his head as he was shot. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)

Updated: APD officer ‘consciously’ shot Ellis

Detective testifies he gave no warning before firing at veteran. - Story includes live coverage of today's courtroom events
APD Detective Brett Lampiris-Tremba describes during cross examination how Kenneth Ellis III was holding the gun to his head as he was shot. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)

Updated: Officer Explains Fatal Shooting

APD Detective Brett Lampiris-Tremba, speaking Monday for the first time publicly. - Story includes live coverage of today's courtroom events
APD Detective Brett Lampiris-Tremba testifies Monday, March 11, 2013, during the trial for a civil wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Iraq War veteran Kenneth Ellis III. Lampiris-Tremba fatally shot Ellis in the neck on Jan. 13, 2010. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Albuquerque Journal)

Live coverage: Day 3 of APD shooting death trial

Journal reporter Jeff Proctor is in the courtroom at the Ellis trial. He is live tweeting and filing updates.   APD Detective Brett Lampiris-Tremba testifies during a wrongful death trial into the fatal shooting of Iraq War veteran Kenneth Ellis III. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal)
Former FBI agent and police chief Melvin Tucker, employed as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in a civil trial against APD for a fatal shooting by one of its officers in 2010, testifies about whether officers followed protocols when one of them killed Kenneth Ellis III, who was holding a gun to his own head. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal.)

Expert questions officer’s hiring

Witness says shooting death could have been prevented.
Nora Tachias-Anaya, center, facing camera, hugs Kenneth Ellis Jr. outside an Albuquerque courtroom on Thursday. At left is Krissy Ann Ellis-Encino, the sister of Kenneth Ellis III, who was fatally shot by an APD officer in 2010. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal)

Live coverage: APD shooting death trial day 2

Journal reporter Jeff Proctor is in the courtroom at the Ellis trial. He is live tweeting and filing updates.   Nora Tachias-Anaya hugs Kenneth Ellis Jr. outside an Albuquerque courtroom on Thursday. At left is Krissy Ann Ellis-Encino, the sister of Kenneth Ellis III, who was fatally shot by an APD officer in 2010.
APD officer Brett Lampiris-Tremba sits in state District Judge Shannon Bacon’s courtroom on Thursday during a trial about, among other things, how much the city of Albuquerque will have to pay for his unlawful shooting of an Iraq War veteran in 2010. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal)

Trial opens in APD shooting death

The Albuquerque Police Department’s training for officers, in particular in the area of dealing with people with mental health problems, went on trial Thursday in state District Court.
APD officer Byron "Trey" Economidy, takes the witness stand in district judge Shannon Bacon's courtroom Thursday March 7, 2013.  (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal)

Live coverage from Ellis trial

Journal reporter Jeff Proctor is in the courtroom at the Ellis trial. He is live tweeting and filing updates.     APD officer Byron "Trey" Economidy takes the witness stand in district judge Shannon Bacon's courtroom Thursday March 7, 2013.

Updated: Opening arguments in APD Ellis trial pushed to tomorrow

Officer who shot war vet up for promotion

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