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Bernalillo County deputies fatally shoot man during confrontation in foothills
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Bernalillo County deputies shot and killed a man Thursday morning in an upscale neighborhood in the Sandia foothills.
In a briefing, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office detective Kevin Carhartt said no deputies were injured.
Carhartt said the man killed by deputies was armed, but he would not say what the weapon was, if he used the weapon or what led deputies to open fire on him.
The man was not identified.
Around 4 a.m., deputies responded to reports of a man causing a disturbance at a home in the 500 block of Live Oak NE, in a neighborhood northeast of Tramway and Paseo del Norte.
Carhartt said the 911 caller stayed on the phone “giving live updates” to dispatch and, as deputies were en route, reported the man “was becoming violent and was arming himself.”
Deputies arrived and approached the man and “almost immediately a confrontation occurred,” he said.
“At least one shot was fired by at least one deputy,” Carhartt said. The man was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Deputy Deanna Aragon, a BCSO spokesperson, said in a release Thursday afternoon that the Multi-Agency Task Force was investigating the shooting.
“Interviews with the involved personnel are pending,” she said. “Additional details will be released as the investigation progresses and witness interviews are completed.”
