SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a Santa Fe police officer fatally shot an armed robbery suspect at a motel, and a Montana man says he feels blessed he wasn't caught in the crossfire..
New Mexico State Police said no officers were hurt during the Wednesday night shooting. No details were released about the suspect or circumstances of the shooting.
However, Tim Quigg of Billings, Montana, said he was talking to a man staying in the motel room next to his when two police officers arrived and got into a shootout with the other man.
Quigg told the Albuquerque Journal that the other man began shooting at the officers who returned fire before the man ran around a corner of the building. He said the shooting ended when officers fired four more shots.