List of Albuquerque police shootings

Date	Officer name(s)	Victim name(s)	Outcome	Notes	Officer Outcome
June 2007:	Russell Carter	Jay Martin Murphy	Murphy killed	*barricaded self in home *Jay Murphy Jr., 19 tried to calm police down[1]
11/2009:	Brandon Carr	Roderick Jones	Jones killed		Carr fired 18 months later[2]
1/9/10:	Andrew Cooke	Aaron Renfro	Renfro killed	*passenger in car stopped for speeding	*Cooke cleared by grand jury[3]
1/13/10:	Brett Lampiris-Tremba	Kenneth Ellis III[4]	Ellis killed	*Ellis holding gun to his own head *Sean Wallace also present	*Judge in civil suit ruled Ellis' rights violated *Brett Lampiris-Tremba sued for promotion and back pay[5]
1/29/10:	Sean Wallace	Wayne Cordova	Cordova killed	*Cordova suspected of fleeing after possibly stealing a car	*Wallace now a K-9 officer who works with SWAT *Wallace later shot Alan Gomez;[6] *the District Attorney ruled this a justifiable homicide[6]
3/4/10:	Roger Legendre	Jose Castillo, Tanya Martinez, Raymond Carillo[7]	*Castillo charged with assaulting a police officer	*police shot at car after beer shoplifting incident, Giant gas station, Coors and Quail *Castillo driving	Legendre now a sergeant[8]
3/29/10:[9]	Kevin Sanchez	Mickey Owings	Owings killed	*Sanchez shot at moving vehicle in Walmart parking lot, I-40 and Quail *pregnant female in Owings vehicle unharmed *40+ witnesses	*The city’s independent review officer ruled the shooting was justified[10] *The DoJ used this shooting as an an example of "Albuquerque police officers’ own recklessness" leading to use of violence[10] *wrongful death lawsuit filed by Kennedy law firm[11]
4/14/10:	Zach Stephenson	Benjamin Marquez	Marquez shot 3-4 times in upper body	*Marquez smoking a cigarette while pumping gas at Broadway and Gibson	Sandy testified at Sandy's trial that he "idolized" Stephenson
6/10/10:	Eric Brown, Anthony Sedler	Chris Hinz Spain and Juan Tabo	Hinz killed	*Hinz intoxicated at home *Police said he was firing his weapon inside his home[12]	*Sedler later shoots Parrish Dennison
6/14/10:	Aaron Zwicky	Julian Calbert	Calbert killed	*Calbert had kidnapped two women *One called 911 from Calbert's car trunk[13]	A grand jury found the shooting justified[14]
7/27/10:	Jeremy Hollier, Anthony Glodon	Len Fuentes, diagosed schizophrenic, unable to access, treatment[15]	Fuentes killed 3400 block Crest SE	*domestic violence call[16]	Hollier arrested in 2012 for felony domestic violence, still with APD[17]
8/17/10:	Josh Brown	Enrique Carrasco	Carrasco shot at Montgomery and San Mateo after slashing his girlfriend's tires	Carrasco jumped on Brown's hood and repeatedly stabbed officer's driver-side window with a knife and broke it, then tried to open the door, said Public Safety Director Darren White
9/14/10:	Leah Kelly	Chandler Barr	Barr hospitalized, survived being shot, 2nd and Central	Police called because Barr was cutting his arm with a "butter knife" *Kelly smoking a cigar as she pulled trigger	Barr filed suit for $340,000 in medical bills and pain and suffering[18] A federal jury found no liability.[19]
10/19/10:	Drew Bader, Ramon Ornelas	Daniel Gonzales	Tucumcari police asked NM State Police for help, State Police call in Albuquerque SWAT	*came to door with two rifles	APD SWAT officers cleared[20]
10/31/10:	David Sprague	Alexei Sinkevitch 6500 block of Tierra Prieta NW	911 reports of hit-and-runs on Estrella Brillante NW Callers took plate Police traced to Sinkevitch	*Sinkevitch had rifle *Sinkevitch bled to death on floor of his home[21]
11/11/10:	Brian Pitzer, Doug Moore	Russell Tenorio 1400 block Alamo SE	Tenorio survived, in hospital 2½ months, lost of a kidney.	Tenorio had fetal alcohol symptom, was threatening to hurt himself[22]	*Pitzer announced he was "going lethal" before entering the home[22] *federal lawsuit[23]
2/9/11:	Byron “Trey” Economidy (Detective)	Jacob Mitschelen	Mitschelen killed	*traffic stop[24]	*Economidy suspended for 4 days for listing his occupation on Facebook as "human waste disposal"[25] *wrongful death lawsuit settled for $300,000[24]
4/12/11:	Christopher J. Brown	Christopher Torres	Torres shot in his parents' back yard	father says police used a battering ram to enter the house even though he was present and offered to let them in[26]	Jury award over $10 million, later settled for $6 million +[27]
5/10/11:	Sean Wallace	Alan Gomez[28]	*Gomez killed while holding spoon *wrongful death suit settled in December 2013 for $900,000[29]	*"the officer shot Gomez without verifying a threat, and after receiving information that Gomez could not have been a threat because he was no longer armed."[30]	*earlier wrongful death suit settled for $235,000 *Wallace first shot a civilian on September 22, 2004 in Chimayó when he was an NMSP narcotics agent; tort claim notice filed late December 2004[31]
6/4/11:	Troy Nikko, William Thomas, Michael Oates[32]	Raymond Garcia	*Garcia killed Lomas and Palomas[33] *officers pinned his car in near a chainlink fence in front of Cross Country Auto Sales[34]	*Garcia caught carjacking
6/26/11:	Damian Lujan	Orlando Paisano	Paisano tased, shot eight times, Bell and Dallas SE[35]	Paisano holding bayonet, police say[35]
8/30/11:	Jim Perdue	Michael Marquez	Marquez shot in field, 60th and Central	Michael Marquez an armed robbery suspect	*District Attorney ruled shooting justified *First shooting under new system[36]
1/4/12:	Mario Perez	Mark Macoldowna, James Kellogg,[37] Kymberly Bates	Macoldowna killed, Bates and Kellogg arrested	armed robbery of St. Pius X complex
3/19/12:	Martin Smith	Daniel Tillison Marquette and Texas	Tillison killed[1]	wrongful death lawsuit alleges Smith PTSD-diagnosed and APD knew it[38]	DA found no probable cause for charges[39]
3/21/12:	Russ Carter	Gary Atencio	Atencio shot on Laguna Pueblo after pursuit	Carter's 3rd shooting[1]	wrongful death lawsuit dismissed[40]
4/19/12:	Mike Hill	Dennis Aragon	Aragon shot three times but was expected to survive	police say Aragon fired shots in the air then pointed rifle at police
8/6/12:	Jason Peck (APD sgt)	Dominick Solis-Mora[41]	Solis-Mora shot in stomach then recovered	Solis-Mora said to sell $240 worth of meth to undercover Peck	DA and APD Internal Affairs clear Peck of wrongdoing *Solis-Mara subsequently involved a number of other criminal incidents
3/5/13:	Perdue, Sedler and Aragon	Parrish Dennison	Dennison killed Menaul and Louisiana	Dennison drivr of woman trying to sell stolen banjo[42]	*Sedler had previously shot Chris Hinz[43] *Sedler cleared of wrongdoing[44]
3/19/13:	APD	Kendall Carroll 13000 block Constitution	killed by State Police, APD also fired	Carroll had previously shot and wounded a police officer[45]
7/5/13:	Jeff Bludworth, Katherine Wright	Vincent Wood	convenience store Montgomery and San Mateo	*previously transported to mental health	*shooting ruled justified *Wrongful death lawsuit settled for $55,000[46]
10/26/13:	Officer Luke McPeek and others	Christopher Chase[47]	Chase killed	Chase had "cop killer" tattooed on his knuckles[48]	award ceremony[49]
10/28/13:	Brian Pitzer	Joaquin Ortega shot Jefferson and Central[50]	Ortega hospitalized then jailed on charges of robbery and carjacking		*Prosecutors found no probable cause to charge Pitzer[51] *Pitzer involved in two prior shootings, neither fatal[52]
11/15/13:	Peter Romero	Robert Garcia, Sr.	*Garcia shot but survived, received 3-year sentence *traffic stop, San Mateo Carlisle	*Garcia had rifle, had been drinking *later admitted he had attempted suicide by cop	Garcia apologized to Romero
12/1/13:	Luke McPeek, David Munoz and Jim Edison	Shane Sherrill	Sherrill had felony warrants, holding brake pad	No charges filed against police[53]
12/8/13:	Hector Marquez, Nathan Cadroy-Croteau	Andy Snider	Snider killed	Snider said to charge officers with hammer[54]	Wrongful death lawsuit filed 2015[55] *Both officers still on active duty
1/9/14:	Russell Carter (Detective)	Jeremy Robertson’s tires, Walgreens in Rio Rancho	*Robertson uninjured[56] *Robertson charged with fleeing, assaulting officer/[56]	*Robertson wanted for parole violations	*both Sedler and Ornelas on SWAT team *Sedler's 2nd shooting, Ornelas' 3rd[43]
3/16/14:	Keith Sandy (Detective), Officer Dominique Perez	James Boyd	Boyd killed	*camping without a permit *displaying knife to officers who tried to frisk him	*Both charged with open count of murder
3/25/14:	James Eichel	Alfred Redwine	Redwine killed	Redwine was upset because he had just lost custody of his 5yo son
4/21/14:	Jeremy Dear	Mary Hawkes	Hawkes killed	Hawkes suspected of having been in a stolen car *Car's owner later told police Hawkes had dated his room-mate[57]	*camera unplugged *Dear fired for repeatedly not turning on his camera, particularly in use of force incidents. *Dear appeals firing and is reinstated. City appeals his reinstatement.[58] *Family files wrongful death lawsuit.[59]
5/3/14:	Daniel Hughes	Armand Martin	Martin killed in his Ventana Ranch home[60]	Martin suffered from depression, "just went crazy," wife said.[61]
5/22/14:	Ryan Graves, Brian Fuchs	Ralph Chavez	Chavez killed, 2nd at I-40	*Chavez suspected of rape *Fuch's camera not on *Graves' blocked by uniform, but did record audio *Chavez said to pull knife, advance on officers	DA declined to press charges[62]
1/9/2015:	Greg Brachle	Jacob Grant (APD detective)[63]	*criminal complaint describes meth purchase *charges against Damian Bailey and Edmond Vester for trafficking cocaine, conspiracy to commit trafficking[64]	officer's 2nd shooting *Grant will need medical for the rest of his life, settled lawsuit for $6.5 million and medical expenses	*police oversight board recommended firing but Brachle had already retired *"APD said since that shooting, the department has improved supervision, training and equipment for undercover officers. In addition, it is now mandatory to attend all briefings before each operation.[65]
5/29/2016:[66]	(unknown)	Dennis Humphrey[66]	Humphrey shot in his garage Morningside and Goodrich[66]	911 call reported he was drunk and walking around outside his house with a rifle[67]

Other use of force incidents

Date	Officer name(s)	Citizen name(s)	Outcome	Notes	Officer Outcome
1/1/2012	Aaron Zwicky	Patrick Dennison Coors and Central	*fatal car crash *Zwicky attempting to respond to shots fired in South Valley	Zwicky previously shot Julian Calbert in 2010
2/5/2015:	SWAT	Nicholas Leyba, Moon and Indian School	minor injuries, charged with kidnapping, criminal sexual penetration
4/7/2015:	SWAT	Dustin Goodwin 1400 blk Pennsylvania	arrested	domestic violence suspect *tried to prevent girlfriend from leaving *alcohol, firearms involved[68]
4/14/2015:	SWAT	Marquette and Pennsylvania	hospitalized with dog bites (Lex)	charged wth domestic violence, burglary while fleeing[69]
4/22/2015:	BCSO SWAT	Michael Quevedo, 800 block Dolly (off La Vega)	arrested	warrants, domestic violence, felon with firearm	SWAT because "info the detective had and his history"[70]
5/10/2015:	SWAT	1800 block Hiawatha NE	arrested	15-hour standoff, man hiding in television cabinet	domestic violence
10/2015:			monitor: officers kneed suspect in head, report does not match video		*"no meaningful followup"[71] *officer's supervisor delayed filing a report[72]
11/10/2015:	SWAT	Bell/Pennsylvania	arrested	search warrant, man refused to leave apartment	felony warrants
12/22/2015:	Andrew Quillman, Shawna Romero also present[73]	José Rodriguez,[74] Central/Utah	killed	attempted carjacking, could not drive shift[73][75]
5/24/16:	APD and US Marshalls	Mario Montoya nr Central/Western Skies	Montoya's wife arrested for harboring a fugitive[76]	Montoya supposed to be at a halfway house
6/19/2016:	SWAT	Lomas/Juan Tabo	arrested	"man was not cooperating with officers’ requests to come out of a vehicle"[77]
9/30/2016:	Rodney Locke[78]	killed Kay Moss-Freese, woman in wheelchair	Locke quit APD February 2016	Locke arrested
10/22/2016:		Michael David Pacheco, Walgreen's Coors/Central[79]	arrested	shots fired at Walgreen's miss, Pacheco flees; officer-caused accident at 64th/Churchill

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