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Bernalillo County deputies fatally shoot person during federal operation in International District
Marks the second time deputies have shot someone since Operation Triple Beam started
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Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed a person Tuesday evening during a federal crime-fighting operation in Albuquerque’s International District.
It marked the second time deputies have shot someone since the operation, dubbed Operation Triple Beam, started in early November. It was the first fatality.
BSCO spokesperson Jayme Gonzales said in a news release that no deputies were injured and the person died at the scene. She did not say if the person was armed, how many deputies shot their weapons or what led them to shoot.
Gonzales said in the release that no additional details, including the person’s identity, would be released until the deputies who shot were interviewed and the person’s family was notified.
Gonzales said deputies on Tuesday around 6 p.m. stopped a motorcycle in the 300 block of Virginia NE, just southwest of Wyoming and Copper, while working an Auto Theft Operation for Operation Triple Beam, a collaboration with federal authorities.
She did not say why deputies pulled the motorcyclist over.
“The motorcyclist fled on foot,” Gonzales said.
Deputies created a perimeter with assistance from a BSCO helicopter, which tracked the person.
Sometime later, deputies “reengaged the individual” near the 300 block of Wisconsin SE, near Wyoming and Zuni, Gonzales said. She said "during the encounter" at least one deputy fired at the person, killing them.
For two hours shortly after the shooting, dozens of law enforcement vehicles crowded the streets around the shooting scene. Albuquerque Police Department officers and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents patrolled the block-wide area as neighbors slowly drove by.
