A JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE RULES THAT THE POLICE SHOOTING OF IRAQ WAR VETERAN KENNETH ELLIS III IN 2010, VIOLATED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. ELLIS' FAMILY FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AFTER HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY OFFICER BRETT LAMPIRIS-TREMBA OUTSIDE A NORTHEAST HEIGHTS CONVENIENCE STORE.

THE OFFICER WAS EXONERATED BY APD INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND A BERNALILLO COUNTY GRAND JURY. A STATEMENT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS OFFICER LAMPIRIS-TREMBA AND THE CITY ARE DISAPPOINTED IN THE JUDGE'S RULING.

ELLIS SUFFERED FROM POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.