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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two suspects fleeing from a stolen vehicle fired at police officers southwest of Downtown in the valley area command Monday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department.

Simon Drobik said no officers were injured and they did not return fire.

After an hourslong SWAT standoff, the suspects surrendered and were taken into custody. APD said five people, four men and a woman, were arrested in connection with the incident. State Police had said six suspects were in custody.

Drobik said around 4:20 p.m. APD and State Police officers on the auto-theft suppression multi-jurisdictional task force spotted a stolen vehicle with four people inside. He said the driver rammed the vehicle into a state police cruiser and then all four got out.

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Two of the suspects were arrested immediately and the other two fled, firing at officers as they ran, Drobik said.

He said those two men “hunkered down” in an apartment complex near 11th and Coal SW and SWAT teams were called out to arrest them.

Drobik did not identify the suspects.