Cop shoots cop in Albuquerque during meth deal gone wrong. [View all]
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Sixty dollars worth of dope.
That’s what triggered a chaotic drug sting gone sideways on Friday that ended with Albuquerque Police Department Lt. Greg Brachle shooting a detective, critically wounding him.
The operation included a large police presence, including at least two undercover officers and several others dressed in ski masks, according to court documents, police and witnesses.
It is the latest of several large police responses to relatively low-level drug crimes here in recent years. And it is at least the third that included violence.
The detective has been in and out of surgery at University of New Mexico Hospital since noon on Friday. He is in critical condition, and KRQE News 13 has agreed to not publish his name at the request of his family.
A female APD detective also was wounded, although far less seriously, during the incident. KRQE News 13 also has agreed to not publish her name.
Multiple sources familiar with the investigation have confirmed that Brachle was the shooting officer. Those sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss details of the case.
http://krqe.com/2015/01/10/low-level-drug-operation-led-to-one-apd-officer-shooting-another/
Between this story and the police shooting a homeless man, this police department needs an enema.
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