Prosecution Calls Final Witness In Police Officers’ Trial

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A prosecutor is expected to begin calling her final witnesses Tuesday in the trial of two former Albuquerque police officers charged in the shooting death of a mentally ill homeless man. Special Prosecutor Randi McGinn has spent the last week making her case against now-retired Detective Keith Sandy and former Officer Dominique Perez, who are standing trial on second-degree murder charges. McGinn has faulted police for escalating the response to James Boyd's illegal campsite and rushing a botched plan to take him into custody with less-lethal force before shooting him. Her team also raised questions over the police investigation into the shooting. Attorneys for Perez and Sandy say they opened fire to protect a K-9 handler who came within 10 feet of Boyd. He was holding two knives.