BY: ABQ RAW staff
POSTED: 08/03/2023 @ 10:00AM
Albuquerque, NM –
On August 2nd, 2023, the Mission Hill Apartments was the scene of the latest SWAT situation where officers tried to take a violent felon into custody. Witnesses told us that SWAT teams had surrounded the complex and were giving public address commands to a male named David Flores. Flores spent some time in the apartment unit getting dressed up for his date with law enforcement. According to the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office, Bernalillo County SWAT and Special Agents with the DA’s office was eventually taken into custody after a several hours long standoff. When law enforcement hauled him out of the apartment unit, he had a crop top, tight jeans, black UGGs with a woman’s wig, and some heavy makeup on.
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The warrant was in reference to an incident in December 2022, where APD field officers were dispatched to a residence in the Foothills area command. During that incident, officers located a victim with a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim told Detectives that David Flores had shot him. Flores was at the victim’s house to retrieve some of his personal belongings. Flores felt the victim was taking too long to return the items. Investigators say Flores shot the victim in the leg. Detectives wrote an arrest warrant for him for Aggravated Battery (with a deadly weapon). Detectives later learned that Flores had been convicted of multiple felonies in California; therefore, they added the charge of Felon in Possession.
At the time of the incident, Flores already had a warrant for his arrest for Failure to Appear for Possession of Controlled Substance and Shoplifting (less than $250).