Albuquerque, NM — Albuquerque Police have released bodycamera footage from an officer involved shooting on June 16.
An Albuquerque Police attempted to stop Richard Rivera and Jennifer Rael, who were involved in a string of armed robberies in the past week. The driver, Richard Rivera, refused to stop and led officers on a chase. APD attempted to use spike strips to stop the vehicle. After that failed, the attempted a pit maneuver. After it failed, the video shows the officer firing 5 rounds into the vehicle. It drove away and another pit maneuver was attempted and did not work.
The pursuit continued briefly before the van was finally stopped at the Smith's parking lot, after the third pit maneuver. The officer can be seen in lapel video leaving his cruiser, pursuing Rivera on foot while yelling at him to stop and then firing six shots as Rivera approached the Smith's entrance.
Rivera died at the scene after attempts by officers to revive him were unsuccessful. Rael, meanwhile, was taken into custody.
Police later searched the van, where Del Greco said they found a cell phone taken from the earlier Verizon store robbery, a gun legally bought by Rael for Rivera earlier in the month, and empty shell casings.
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