BY: ABQ RAW staff
POSTED: 09/21/2023 @ 10:20AM
SW Albuquerque –
According to civilian Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, APD detectives are investigating an overnight shooting during a domestic violence incident that critically injured a young boy in Southwest Albuquerque.
The email goes on to say, police responded to a shooting shortly before 3 a.m. today at a home in the 8900 block of Lower Meadow Trail., S.W. A man at the home called 911 and reported that his girlfriend shot him. The man said the girlfriend’s young son was also injured by gunfire.
Police and rescue personnel arrived at the home. The child was transported to the hospital in critical condition.
APD’s Crimes Against Children Unit is investigating the incident and if the child dies the homicide unit will take over the investigation.