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Officers shot a 32-year-old man numerous times after responding to a domestic dispute Wednesday night, according to an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman.

The man was taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital and is in stable condition, said officer Tanner Tixier. He did not identify him.

Tixier said around 9:15 p.m. police were called to the 7900 block of Brady NW, near Unser and Bob McCannon NW, after a woman asked her neighbor to call 911 because her boyfriend had beaten her up.

The woman told the officers her boyfriend was drunk and had a gun.

“Officers created a plan and moved forward with less lethal options, as well as, obviously lethal munitions,” Tixier said.

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He said they found the man in the street and gave him multiple commands.

Then, the officers were presented “with a threat” and shot the man “numerous times” with less lethal sponge rounds and actual bullets.

Tixier couldn’t confirm how many officers fired their weapons or if the man fired at officers, but he said a gun was found next to him.

Four officers who were involved were put on administrative leave and body cameras were running during the incident, Tixier said.