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   From: msnbchomo@espn.com   
      
   The illegal camper shot by Albuquerque police this week was   
   turning away from officers when they fired at him, according to   
   video released by Chief Gorden Eden on Friday.   
      
   The shots come after a confrontation in which the man,   
   identified as 38-year-old James Boyd, tells police he’s going to   
   walk down the mountain with them.   
      
   “Don’t change up the agreement,” Boyd says. “I’m going to try to   
   walk with you.”   
      
   He tells officers he’s not a murderer.   
      
   Boyd picks up his belongings and appears ready to walk down   
   toward officers. An officer fires a flash-bang device, which   
   disorients Boyd.   
      
   Boyd appears to pull out knives in both hands as an officer with   
   a dog approaches him. He makes a threatening motion toward the   
   officer, then starts to turn around away from police.   
      
   That’s when shots ring out, and Boyd hits the ground. Blood can   
   be seen on the rocks behind him.   
      
   1 p.m.   
      
   Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden said officers were   
   justified in shooting a man they said was illegally camping in   
   the Sandia foothills Sunday night because the man made a   
   “threatening” move towards officers.   
      
   But significant questions remain, including what killed the man.   
      
   An APD spokeswoman cut  the news conference short, and Eden   
   walked out while reporters were still asking questions. He did   
   take a question during a brief interview with the Journal after   
   the news conference.   
      
   At least one live round hit the man, but the Office of the   
   Medical Investigator has not determined what killed the man,   
   Eden said.   
      
   Eden said officers decided to use less-than-lethal force,   
   including bean bag rounds, because the man picked up his   
   backpack and said he was coming off the mountain.   
      
   Officers appeared to have the man surrounded, but Eden said they   
   couldn’t wait him out because they couldn’t keep him contained   
   within the perimeter due to the difficulty of the terrain.   
      
   Eden identified the man as James Boyd, 38. A 2008 police report   
   released by Eden listed Boyd’s address as the county jail.   
      
   Eden said Boyd had a history of violence against law enforcement.   
      
   Below is a summary of Eden’s comments, as he made them.   
      
   – Chief Eden said APD has interviewed 40 witnesses so far, and   
   that the suspect was sleeping as officers approached.   
      
   – The chief showed a video of the incident. It shows officers   
   telling the man to show his hands. They demand repeatedly: “Put   
   the knife down!”   
      
   – In the video, Boyd tells officers he’s been trying to contact   
   APD for months. He talks almost non-stop. Officers keep their   
   guns trained on him.   
      
   – Chief Eden said the suspect continued to rant after a crisis-   
   intervention officer arrived. The suspect tells officers he’s an   
   agent of the Department of Defense.   
      
   – Officers appear to fire less-than-lethal rounds, after which   
   the man drops to ground with the knife still in his hand. They   
   also fired live-rounds, but it’s not clear from the video which   
   shots were live and which weren’t.   
      
   – The chief said the suspect is 38 years old and that he refused   
   to follow directions.   
      
   – Chief Eden said the man was hit by a live round, but did not   
   say that’s what killed him.   
      
   – Eden said the man made a threatening move toward an officer,   
   and that’s what triggered the shooting. The shooting was   
   justified, Eden said.   
      
   – Two officers fired shots, the chief says.   
      
   – A public information officer announces that the news   
   conference is over. Eden continues taking a few questions before   
   finally walking out as a Journal reporter continues to ask   
   questions.   
      
   http://www.abqjournal.com/372376/abqnewsseeker/apd-releases-info-   
   about-fatal-officer-involved-shooting.html   
        
       
      
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