Albuquerque, New Mexico — A deputy fatally SH0T 18-year-old Elijah Riche armed with an “AR-15 style pistol” and carrying a backpack full of guns. Riche had crashed a red SUV into other cars. One deputy followed the suspect about a quarter of a mile, until Riche crashed into a fence.
The suspect gets out of the vehicle, runs about 10 feet down from the vehicle, he stops, turns back around and arms himself with weapons from the vehicle, then starts running again. In the body cam video, another responding deputy, Ronald Perez, noticed Riche was armed with an AR-15 pistol and asked him multiple times to put it down.
Riche turned back, and continued running toward other deputies with the gun still in hand. That’s when deputy Perez fired at him one time. Riche was taken to the hospital, but did not survive his injuries.