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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — At least one Albuquerque police officer shot a burglary suspect near San Mateo and Grand NE on Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department.

Officer Tanner Tixier said that shortly before 3 p.m. a man called 911 saying he wasn't at home but could see on his surveillance system that a man had broken into his house in the 200 block of Truman NE.

“He gave us the description of the offender and how he entered the home and was giving us updates as officers were en route,” Tixier said in a media briefing Tuesday evening. “Officers arrived about five minutes later, and about four minutes after that, officers caught up with him in a foot chase.”

He said that during the chase at least one officer shot and injured the suspect. Two officers – one a multiyear veteran of the force and one who is new to the department – have been put on standard administrative leave.

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Tixier said that the officers had not been interviewed as of Tuesday night, and that he did not know whether they both fired their weapons. He said they were both wearing lapel cameras but he didn't know whether the cameras were operating or whether they captured the shooting.

A multijurisdictional task force made up of other local law enforcement agencies is investigating the shooting.

The suspect was taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital and is expected to survive his injuries, Tixier said. He said APD was not identifying the suspect immediately because his family was still being notified.

Clothing and other belongings could be seen strewn on the curb just west of San Mateo. Tixier said that a gun was found near the suspect but that he doesn't know if it was used to threaten the officers.

“I don't know if he fired at officers, but I can tell you a gun is still on scene that does not belong to police officers,” he said. “We have a lot of criminalistics to do … and a lot of interviews to do, not only with officers but with other witnesses to the incident.”

San Mateo was closed for several hours between Copper and Marquette NE, as were other neighborhood streets, while investigators combed through the scene. Parents on their way to pick up their children from a nearby charter school were routed through the neighborhood.

Rosemary Woolf lives nearby and said that shortly after 3 p.m. she heard as many as nine gunshots. She said the sound scared her and she immediately rushed to lock up her home.

“At first, there were four or five, and I said, 'Lock that door!' ” Woolf said. “And then boom, boom, boom – there were four more.”

Melissa Escarcida works nearby and said her agency went on lockdown when they saw there was a crime scene up the street. She said she looked outside and saw several police officers surround a red sedan with their guns drawn.

“They gave several warnings to the individual to see if there was anyone in the car,” she said. “They went in, but there was no one in the car.”

The car remained in the middle of Truman, just south of Grand NE, with its trunk open for hours.

Escarcida said she saw the ambulance leave with its lights on and two police cruisers accompanying it. Then she and her co-workers watched the students at La Resolana Leadership Academy get escorted to their waiting parents.

She said the situation was scary because it was close to her work and to the charter school and a day care center.

Tixier said the school was not directly affected by the shooting and no children were injured.

“We take every precaution we can to protect the children, but sometimes situations escalate so rapidly officers have to react to what they're faced with,” Tixier said.

This is the fourth time APD officers have fired on someone this year. On Jan. 7, they shot and killed Gilbert Lovato, who was suspected of multiple armed robberies. Later that month, they fired on a shooting suspect but missed. In February, they shot both a carjacking suspect and his victim in their legs.

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