THE INTERSECTION OF MENAUL AND LOUISIANA IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE IS THE SCENE OF ANOTHER APD OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING ... THE FIRST IN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. IT STARTED TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN A WOMAN TRIED TO RETURN STOLEN MERCHANDISE TO THE MUSIC GO-ROUND STORE ON MENAUL. THE OWNERS CALLED POLICE AND THE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED. BUT ONE OF TWO MEN WHO CAME TO THE STORE WITH HER FLED ON FOOT ... THE OTHER TOOK OFF IN A VEHICLE.

POLICE WENT AFTER THE MAN ON FOOT, THEN CALLED IN SWAT WHEN THEY REALIZED HE WAS ARMED. HE WAS SHOT WHEN HE CONFRONTED THREE OFFICERS WITH HIS FINGER ON THE TRIGGER OF HIS GUN. HE DIED LATER AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

APD CHIEF RAY SCHULTZ SAYS THE MAN GAVE OFFICERS NO CHOICE BECAUSE HE REPEATEDLY POINTED HIS GUN AT THEM AND WAS A THREAT TO OTHERS IN THE AREA.

NO NAMES HAVE BEEN RELEASED.