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APD officer shot in the arm ‘likely’ from friendly fire [Video]
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APD officer shot in the arm ‘likely’ from friendly fire [Video]

NOT ON THE AIR. ON THE KOAT APP. AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER IS AT HOME RECOVERING AFTER TAKING FRIENDLY FIRE IN A DEADLY SHOOTING. POLICE CHIEF HAROLD MEDINA ADDRESSED THE SHOOTING ALMOST THREE WEEKS AFTER IT HAPPENED. OUR REPORTER, CORY HOWARD JOINS US NOW WITH HIS DETAILS. YEAH, DOUG AND CHARLENE, THEY POLICE SAY THAT IT ALL STARTED WITH AN ENCOUNTER ON A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL. AND WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED A MAN WITH A GUN, THATS WHEN THEY SAY THINGS TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE. THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR THOSE IN THE TRAILER, YOU NEED TO COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS FREE AND CLEAR. BODY CAM FOOTAGE SHOWS THREE OFFICERS BEING APPROACHED BY AN ARMED SUSPECT, MATTHEW SANCHEZ. YOURE GOING TO BE I-40. DO NOT COME NEAR IT. OFFICERS SHOOTING SANCHEZ SEVEN TIMES, KILLING HIM. THEN YOU CAN ALSO NOTICE ONE OF THE OFFICERS DROPPED TO THE GROUND. WHAT DO YOU WANT? MY ARM. OKAY, WAIT, WAIT. UPPER ARM. THE OFFICERS SHOT IN THE ARM, BUT POLICE FOUND SANCHEZS GUN IN THE LOCKBACK POSITION, MEANING IT WAS OUT OF BULLETS. SO SANCHEZ DIDNT HAVE BULLETS TO SHOOT THE OFFICER WHO DID. AND I THINK ONE OF THE OFFICERS MENTIONED IT IN THIS IN THEIR INTERVIEW IS OFFICER TORRES MENTIONS THAT SHE WAS IN FEAR THAT SHE WAS ABOUT TO GET STRUCK BY A BULLET AND STARTED TO TURN HER HEAD IN ANTICIPATION OF GETTING STRUCK. INVESTIGATORS SAY ITS A CASE OF FRIENDLY FIRE. THE INJURED OFFICER MOST LIKELY SHOT BY A FELLOW OFFICER BEHIND HIM. AN INDIVIDUAL COULD HAVE AN OPEN VIEW AT THE INDIVIDUAL. THEYRE TRYING TO ENGAGE AND MOVEMENT FROM ONE OF THE OTHER OFFICERS COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. NOW, THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT THEY WILL SPEND THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS ANALYZING AND INVESTIGATING THE VIDEO AND THEY CHIEF MEDINA DID SAY THAT IF IT IS DETERMINED ALL TO BE A MISTAKE, THEN HE WILL WELCOME BACK EVERY OFFICER WITH OPEN ARMS REPORTING IN ALBUQUERQUE, CORY HOWARD, KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. AND TWO OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN 2021. THAT OFFICER WHO WAS SENT TO BE SHOT JOINED THE FORCE IN 2023.