A SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT AT AN ALBUQUERQUE K-MART STORE IS STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS. POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS SHOT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE K-MART ON CARLISLE AT I-40 SUNDAY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO ROB THE STORE. APD SAYS THE SUSPECT PULLED A KNIFE ON STORE EMPLOYEES WHO CONFRONTED HIM ... THEN TRIED TO GET AWAY IN A VEHICLE, BUT WAS HIT BY A WHITE CADILLAC ... THEN SHOT BY SOMEONE IN THE CAR. HE'S IN STABLE CONDITION.

 

A SIMILAR SCENE PLAYED OUT IN EDGEWOOD OVER THE WEEKEND. TWO MEN IN A PICKUP TRIED TO ROB A STORE THERE, ALSO PULLING A KNIFE ON AN EMPLOYEE, THEN LEADING OFFICERS ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE INTO ALBUQUERQUE. EDGEWOOD POLICE CALLED OFF THE CHASE DUE TO THE DANGEROUSLY HIGH SPEEDS.