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Albuquerque police on Thursday released details about two officer-involved shootings in May 鈥� part of a 10-day span in which officers shot four people, killing two.

Jose Armas was fatally shot on May 26 after he fired a gun at officers and Robert Salas was killed on May 29 after he lunged at an officer with a knife.

Police have shot six people this year. Four of those were fatal.

Before the Thursday briefing, Albuquerque Police Department Chief Cecily Barker noted that the string of shootings caught the attention of the community and said it can be difficult for officers to do their job when a person is armed.

鈥淏oth of the shootings were very different,鈥� she said. 鈥淥ne occurred very quickly and officers had to make critical decisions within seconds and the second incident lasted for over 45 minutes from the time officers arrived on scene.鈥�

Mental health call leads to fatal police shooting

In a prerecorded statement, Cmdr. Jeff Barnard said the May 26 situation began around 6:35 p.m., when police received a 911 call from a man who said his friend, 23-year-old Armas, was threatening suicide.

The friend asked that police go to Armas鈥� home for a welfare check, Barnard said. He told dispatchers he was not sure if Armas had a weapon.

When asked why Albuquerque Community Safety was not sent, Barker said it was because of the active suicide attempt and an unconfirmed weapon.

Officers arrived at the home about 7:05 p.m. and saw Armas鈥� family and friend attempting to speak to him through a closed door, Barnard said. At one point, officers heard a family member mention that Armas had something in his hands.

鈥淚鈥檓 your little brother dude, you can鈥檛 have that around me,鈥� his brother said, according to lapel footage. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 do this while I鈥檓 here, I鈥檓 your little brother.鈥�

Police called additional officers in to assist, while the family said police were making the situation worse and that they did not want Armas to be shot, Barnard said.

Armas opened the front door at 7:18 p.m. as officers told him to put his hands up, according to a news release from APD. Armas did not listen to officers and instead said, 鈥�(expletive) you. Shoot me.鈥�

Two minutes later, an officer fired a less-lethal round at Armas before he went back inside, Barnard said. Police began telling Armas to walk outside.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 want to shoot you,鈥� the officer said. 鈥淚 need you to walk towards me. We can get you some help.鈥�

At 7:24 p.m., police noticed an upstairs window open moments before a bullet struck the front passenger window of a police vehicle.

Two officers were hit by the broken glass.

鈥淥fficers then observed the front door of the residence open,鈥� Barnard said. 鈥淒uring this time, Jose was highly agitated and refused to listen or cooperate with officers.鈥�

At 7:45 p.m., Armas shot at least three rounds into the air before officers returned fire, Barnard said. In a subsequent interview, the two officers who fired shots said that Armas aimed the gun toward police.

Neither officer's body camera footage clearly shows where Armas shot.

Officer Tyler Sanchez fired one round at Armas, as did Officer David Werner, according to Barnard. Neither Sanchez, who joined APD in 2020, nor Werner, who has been with the department since 2017, has been involved in prior police shootings.

Armas was shot once in the chest and once in the arm. He died at the scene. 

Had he survived, Armas would have been charged with criminal sexual penetration, kidnapping, strangulation and aggravated battery and assault on a police officer. Armas was accused of raping a woman in an alley Downtown on March 31, according to a supplemental report from APD. 

鈥淩ecent DNA discoveries would have provided probable cause for the arrest,鈥� Barnard said.

Loitering call turns into fatal shooting

Three days later, officers were near the Castle Mega Store at 5110 Central SE near San Mateo on May 29 when they noticed a group of people loitering in the parking lot around 7 p.m., Barnard said.

As officers approached the group, one man, later identified as 35-year-old Salas, sprinted away from the officers, according to Barnard.

Police later learned Salas was on probation at the time of the shooting in a domestic violence case and had reportedly violated probation.

One officer chased Salas as he ran toward a store parking lot at 5201 Central NE while another drove her vehicle to the lot, he said. Salas stopped running and was hiding behind a pillar when officers noticed the knife in his hands.

Police told Salas to drop the knife multiple times before he charged at Officer Elisa Valdez, who has been with APD since 2013 and has been involved in one prior officer-involved shooting, Barnard said.

She and officer Jeremiah Hodgkins, who has been with APD since 2022 and has not been involved in any prior police shootings, opened fire, Barnard said.

Body camera footage showed officers attempted to render aid before a crowd that appeared to have seen the shooting gathered around, with one woman throwing a rock at officers. 

鈥淭his interaction with bystanders prohibited officers from immediately rendering aid to Mr. Salas, as the scene was not safe,鈥� Barnard said. 

He died at the scene with one gunshot wound to the head and two to his legs, police said.

Salas would have been charged with criminal trespassing, resisting evading or obstructing, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and  violating his probation had he survived, Barnard said.

Nakayla McClelland covers crime and breaking news. Reach her at nmcclelland@abqjournal.com or at 505-823-3857.