This was in todays Journal buried on page C1, but I couldnt find a link either (I read the epaper), so: Marshals, sheriff quiet on S. Valley shooting No comment on inquiry into gunfire during arrest attempt The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office was releasing no new information Wednesday on the shooting of a man by U.S. Marshals just after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday near Bridge and Sunset in Albuquerque’s South Valley. Gilberto Angelo Serrano, 32, was wounded when deputy marshals with the U.S. Marshals Service attempted to arrest him for violating parole and other alleged crimes, including aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, three counts of child abuse and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to Sgt. Aaron Williamson, spokesman for the sheriff’s office, which is investigating the shooting. Serrano was treated at a local hospital for undisclosed injuries, released and was being interviewed by detectives late Tuesday, Williamson said on the day of the shooting. Online records from the Metropolitan Detention Center indicate that Serrano was booked at 11:54 p.m. Tuesday. Williamson has said the sheriff’s department is heading up a multiagency investigation that includes New Mexico State Police and the Albuquerque Police Department. Deputy U.S. Marshal James Badway, a spokesman for the agency’s New Mexico district, referred all questions to the sheriff’s office on Wednesday. Witnesses said two unmarked SUVs pulled into the parking lot of a strip mall shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday and drove up to a green pickup truck with a matching camper. They said a woman armed with a gun and wearing civilian clothing fired one shot through the truck’s windshield, and that at least two other gunshots were fired by men who stepped out of the SUVs. Janice Serrano, a woman at the scene who said she was Serrano’s sister, said she saw her brother being yanked out of his truck, bleeding and unarmed, and being handcuffed before receiving medical attention. Two other witnesses said investigators took their cellphones from them after seeing them taking photos of the incident. An amateur video posted on YouTube shows a man in a body-armor vest treating Serrano for a head wound as the victim lies just outside the truck’s driver’s-side door as an angry crowd curses at officers. Among unanswered questions are whether Serrano was armed and why the marshals fired on him. Badway said it’s department policy to not comment on investigations.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:54:03 +0000
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