Robbery Suspect Dies In Police Shooting

Savannah Brandenburg
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Thurday around noon and Albuquerque officer kills a suspect of robbery.The incident happened at a Walgreens pharmacy on Coors Boulevard between Sequoia Road and St. Joseph's Drive. Police said officers responded to a robbery-in-progress call from the store. Police said the robber ran after spotting an officer entering the store.The suspect ran across Coors Boulevard, then headed west towards the Sequoia Plaza shopping area.It was near that storage facility where an officer confronted the armed man, then shot him in the torso. The suspect died at the scene.
Police said they don't know why the officer fired at the robber, nor the number of shots fired. The suspect was identified to be link to other rrobberies. In this particular area there are a lot of armed robberies.
Police say a daycare center in the area was locked down as a precaution. Children were either transported to a sister daycare center on the west side of sequoia road or parents were escorted in to pick up their children.
The case is still under investigation. The officer who fired and hit the robber was placed on standard leave.
I believe this officer was most likely doing what we trained and doing his job. Even though, he killed the suspect it might not have been the right things but maybe the first and safest way to go. I think this is form of social control because it shows the public about where suspected armed robberies take place, maybe to control the public from going into this neighborhood, also that a police killed someone although they do not know why this officer pulled the trigger. I think it is a good thing that people noticed the cops early knowing they were being protected in such a high crime place of town. Also that becuase of this incident they were right there to get this man.