ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque police chief says the man suspected of shooting and wounding a police officer during a weekend traffic stop was homeless and driving a stolen SUV.
Chief Gordon Eden says the manhunt for 36-year-old Christopher Cook proved to be difficult because he had been moving around and acquaintances had severed ties with him.
Cook has a long criminal history, and Eden says he was released from prison about a year ago after serving time for multiple violent felonies. Online court records don't list a lawyer for Cook.
Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies took Cook into custody without incident around 4 a.m. Tuesday after spotting him staggering along a road.
Cook will face state and federal charges.