APD: Man lunged at officers with a knife
Updated: Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 1:07 PM MDT
Published : Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 7:13 AM MDT
Reporter: David Romero
Web Producer: Blair Shiff
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A domestic dispute left a 41-year-old man dead after an officer shot him near a southeast Albuquerque apartment complex, police reported.
The shooting happened around midnight. Police officers were called to an apartment at 3406 Crest SE to a domestic dispute between a man and a woman.
APD said when officers arrived they separated the man and the woman. When they then tried to put the man, identified as Len Fuentes, in the police car, he pulled a knife from his waistband and lunged at officers, according to police.
One of the two officers pulled out his service weapon and shot the man twice, once in the chest and once in the stomach. Fuentes later died from his injuries at University of New Mexico Hospital.
According to police, the man had just moved into the apartment with his girlfriend and her mom. The mom was reportedly present at the time of the fight.
As part of standard procedure in an officer-involved shooting, other police agencies are involved in the investigation. The two officers--Jeremy Hollier, a three-year veteran, and Anthony Glodon, a two-year veteran--are on standard paid administrative leave.
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